Automata
Automata: a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motions
This is not an active lesson, so will not be graded, but if you find Autodesk Inventor to be a fun and creative tool, designing and building an automata of your own is a great way of enhancing your own education. Regular assigned classroom assignments should take priority, and may not earn extra credit, I will happily help you use tools and materials in the workshop, as well as use of the 3d printer to take your digital idea and create a physical product. Please keep in mind that this is a new assignment and I'm still learning how to incorporate it into this class, so I am open to your ideas an opinions. |
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Tools and Materials
Basla Wood - various sizes (to be updated) include sheets, square and round dowel rods,
Our workshop has several types of saws, drills, and knifes that may be used with training and supervision.
PLA Plastic (3d printer)
White glue, Hot glue, tapes, super glue
Acrylic sheet plastic
Adheasive backed vinyl (assorted colors, possible use of vinyl cutter)
Scrap bin materials (mostly plywood)
You may bring in other materials
Our workshop has several types of saws, drills, and knifes that may be used with training and supervision.
PLA Plastic (3d printer)
White glue, Hot glue, tapes, super glue
Acrylic sheet plastic
Adheasive backed vinyl (assorted colors, possible use of vinyl cutter)
Scrap bin materials (mostly plywood)
You may bring in other materials
General Outline
While this is partially a self guided project, the following are steps that I did in making my own automata:
1) Research automatas and the mechanical motions that could be used in your project 2) Work with up to 4 people to brainstorm ideas and choose on a design theme and design policy (such as sizes or parts, mechanisms used, possible standardized parts) so work in inventor and physically building the model can be divided 3) Use tools like google drive and apps like google docs to share your inventor files and design notes 4) Research motion constraint features in Inventor when you approach the final assembly phases 5) Think about the trade-off with the complexity of parts. Advanced parts may look cool, but how can that part be created in the real world. 6) Don't make this too big. My team made the main box about 4" x 6" x 8" More lesson content and notes is coming |
My team's Automata box used the theme of "Under the Sea", with each member of the team designing at least 3 parts of the machine. Some of my parts included the yellow star fish and the ship wheel
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