Day 3: (Wed Sep 4, Week 2) Precedent; Laser-Cutting Design

Notes for 2024-09-04.

Assignments

Due Mon Sep 9: Exercise: Kinetic Toy. Please bring your result to class and submit documentation to the Assignment 2 Shared Folder prior to class. Contingencies: if we can’t resolve laser cutter access by the weekend, we’ll arrange some kind of group cut early Monday morning before class.

Administrative

  1. Please remember: special IDeATe fire extinguisher training sessions this Friday September 6 in HL 106B (Studio A, ground level):

  2. If none of the fire extinguisher training sessions work with your schedule, whether on Friday or on BioRAFT Fire Extinguisher Training, please send an email to help@ideate.cmu.edu. I’m pushing for other times, but we need more documented interest.

Agenda

  1. Review results from Project: Precedent Research (see Assignment 1 Shared Folder)

  2. Any questions about Exercise: Kinetic Toy?

  3. Any early assignments results we could try cutting?

  4. Laser-cutter demonstration

  5. Quick assignment design review

  6. Time permitting: Discussion of mechanical components

  7. Time permitting: more SolidWorks tutorial

Project Ideas

Some very terse notes from the precedent review discussion follow.

  • pretending to be a robot

  • arm extender

  • mouth puppet

  • voice recording

  • programming via color

  • tactile programming

  • musical instrument

  • wearable devices

  • keyboard puppet

  • cable puppet

  • one-to-one body-connected puppets

  • googly eyes

  • cameras

  • shared control: full-body puppets with multiple operators