Week 14 - Mounting the chassis, testing and visual design.

 Week 14 - Circuit Building/Testing, Audio, Code Polishing, and Visual Design.

Mounting the Chassis of the robot

Not much to take notes on what has been done regarding the technicalities of the robot. I managed to use the laser cutting machine to cut a piece of wooden board and mounting the circuits, chassis and parts onto it. I've managed to incorporate the battery to work with the entire circuit while the circuits were mounted on the board.

The process of mounting the parts.

I started by dismantling the prototype while salvaging the parts that I can use for the final project. After that I began working with a simple wooden base that will emulate the size of the robot that I wanted, I then started attaching the L298N Motor Shield and Motors with tracks.

Finally I attached the circuitry like Speakers, Breadboard, and the Battery into the whole build.

The body of the robot with the Motor Servo attached.

Power being supplied from the battery.

Mounting the parts onto the board.

The state of the robot after adding the parts in. (Without wires)

The speed at the moment is still very fast, even with the current parts mounted on the chassis. I'll have to recalculate and change the value for the speed of the robot.

I've also added an On/Off switch onto the battery wire as a quality of life improvement since it was a hassle to constantly remove/insert the battery.

As for the audio it works more than fine for the robot, with each file playing whenever there is an event or detection occurs. Such as detecting an object in front of it or while moving.

Testing everything in one go.

Visual Design

I've been spending time referencing and researching designs of what made things cute based off my concept tests weeks ago. I've reached the conclusion that slimes are unreal but organic while upholding an adorable visual and aesthetics.

References were taken from designs that varied but always had one similarity, that of which they all looked like cute slimes. I made a simple 3D model with no features yet other than a pair of eyes to symbolise where it might be to get a rough understanding of the shape and size of the Slime.

Sketches of the slime.

3D Model of the Slime Design.

Self Reflection - Entire Project

The outcome for technical testing has been adequate and acceptable. Although there is 2 weeks left for me to properly attack everything together I am quite confident I can finish the final artefact on time. I will focus my efforts solely on visuals and attaching the remaining components into its respective locations. Right now biggest concern is to model the spaces to attach the components into the visuals.