We had been obsessing over this design for months because of its resemblance to the omnidroid from Incredibles, which I mentioned and compared in a previous blog post. We did eventually move on from this idea, however, so that we could incorporate a concept designed by Ashlyn and Danielle and because the robot would have been a bit too complicated than we wanted for a continuous flow object anyways.
These are our concept drawings that went from working out how to make the robot work to how to mash the concepts of our combined groups. The lines around the sketches of the robot show our attempts to make the design printable as a continuous flow object. Because the original funnel shape of the robot would have led to problems since the bottom was not in contact with the ground and parts would have had to be cut away.
What we ended up deciding on was a mix between an object Shayla had designed (pictured above) and the object Ashlyn and Danielle used for their previous project (pictured below).
Below are 3D models and renders from Rhino of the object we designed for the ceramic printer. We recreated Ashlyn and Danielle's design and used effects like twist to warp it like Shayla had done to her original concept.
Our object was printed on our last class in the ceramics room. Danielle caught the entire process on video (seen below) and edited the clip to be sped up. The print went fairly smoothly. The only part that posed any sort of problem was the corners that drooped a bit under the weight of the clay, but still turned out pretty good.
This was a fun last project that allowed us to catch a glimpse at the capabilities of the ceramic printer and also design one last object together. I can't wait to see how the object turns out once fired!
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