ROB498 Blog

Initial thought - mythology - where to go from there? Taking a look around the internet:  https://artelectronicmedia.com/en/  I really like the idea of the rainbow machine (https://artelectronicmedia.com/en/artwork/the-rainbow-machine-2/) and the floribots (https://artelectronicmedia.com/en/artwork/floribots-3/). https://roboticart.org/ Vague ideas/inspirations/interests: mythology and fairy tales ex. greek, roman, egyptian, norse indigenous  - aztec Javanese puppetry mythological creatures movies star wars how to train your dragon lord of the rings Ghibli nature ocean birds fungi fashion Iris Van Herpen shoes 3D printed fashion opera puppetry Javanese puppetry - Wayang Lion King musical Bunraku Japanese noh theater fantasy dance flow - fabric, water

 *insert video of project working for 30 seconds* For this project I was inspired by the movie Spirited Away. I really enjoy Ghibli films, and when the project was presented, I thought the cam motion was very impressive, so I wanted to combine these interests into one project. (I also thought it would be good to have an idea from the start of the project, rather than take a week to figure it out haha) The idea behind this project was to take the wave motion created by cams and use it to make it look like a dragon - in this case, Haku from Spirited Away - look like it is flying. During this project, I learned about gear ratios by designing my own gears to slow the motion of the motor down. I also laser cut cams out of balsa wood, made a wooden box for the base, and cut into the box with a drill and a saw. My handmade and homemade object was a sewn dragon made to look like Haku, although he was missing his horns. The biggest difficulty in making this automata was getting the cams to work

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Cam experimentation with cardboard *Insert image of planning page, cardboard experimentation*

  Building Base Process Photos

 Cardboard Mockup - planning out dragon flying Base: 8"x10" - testing in carboard New Base: 6"x10" Notes: it's really important for the holes in the cams to be perfectly perpendicularly aligned lasercut wood or acrylic - reserve machine soon! 8"x10" is a bit big... 6"x10" looks better and might be more reasonable Next Steps: reserve lasercutter get motion down - need to lasercut cams get rods and spheres to put in dragon body start crocheting Haku Base Comparison: 8"x10" - looks too tall to me 6"x10" - looks better to me Cam Connection Notes: Use (wooden) spheres within body to connect rods to dragon body - organic shape