Our group determined that our purposes would be best met by eliminating the sit "function" of the object, something I was very relieved about, I wasn't interested in desiging a chair that tries to feel me up.
Prototyping the actual size of the object, it would be 6ft tall if measured from ground to the tip of the "nose", just a little taller than Rachel!
Working with stepper motors to create the joint movement system
A prototype gear and assembly, Eric designed a model that creates two 3D planes to practice the hinge articulation. When she came, Michelle was very interested in seeing how we'd designed the movement of the planes
Assembling the planes and the gear
The finished prototype assembly, I love putting motors in acrylic boxes, everything works and seeing the mechanical system through the container is really quit thrilling!
This is how Eric determined the proportions of the gear system, he created, to scale, the cross-section of each object and overlayed them to create an accurate overview of the system. It's a very clever and intelligent way to go about designing things!
I learned how to use Rhino a bit in creating a model of this alternative hinge, Eric and I thought that a specially designed hinge would be a good choice for our system, it would allow us to easily insert our motor and gears into the frame and would make it possible for us to hide all gearing and attachements inside the frame.
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