Reflection

Liam

For phase one we came up with our initial idea as a group with everyone imputing ideas. Once we had our idea my main role was to figure out a mechanism that would fit our need. I sketches my ideas, shared with the group and then did a finalized sketch of the mechanism. Then i was tasked with early prototyping with cardboard to see how the mechanism would actually work.

For phase two I first worked with spencer on finalizing sketches and figuring out dimensions for each individual part. After that I translated the sketches into an Illustrator file and got one level of the mechanism laser cut. I used these cuts to prototype one level of our mechanism with the materials we would be using to see how our mechanism would work. I helped with the solid works model a little at the end by fiddling with the mates to get it working properly, but was not involved in creating parts or assemblies.

For phase three my main task was  creating the physical model. I had to set up documents for laser cutting, figure out all the parts we would need and how we would fit it all together. I then set about building it, with some help from my teammates, and making sure it was working. After it was build I had a hand in the making of the video and website content. I feel like we all had equal work to do in this project and delegated roles according to our skill sets.

Spencer

For this project all of our group members were engaged at equal footing. We worked well together and had no issues when it came to group deliberation and design of our project. We worked through our problems and I was able to solve some solutions while my group members solved others. I will now go on to my work done on each phase of this project.

During phase one, our group got together and brainstormed different ideas on what to build. We tried to come up with various ideas, and then finally settled on the gym theme. I helped come up with the idea of the heart shape model and brought a lot of the discussion back to reality. After Liam came up with the initial idea of the mechanism, I went home and helped revamp it so that it was more stable. I was also involved in the slide building and helping tweak the solidworks model.

During phase two, I went all over the place collecting materials for building and helped build the initial prototype with Liam. Once that was finished I helped revamp the 3D model to make it flow better. Finally, I was a big help in redesigning the rib system to incorporate plate on the sides.

During phase three I helped build the main model, problem solve the real world problems that occurred, purchased more building supplies, made the poster, and helped with the video. Overall I feel like I helped a lot in this project, and our team was able to balance our schedules and skill sets well as we cooperated towards our goal.

Jean-Luc

For phase one as a whole our group generally did the required tasks all together, however I delegated more of my time towards describing a scenario that would fit the idea described by Liam and Spencer. As well, during phase one I was tasked with building simple 3D solid work models as viewing prototypes to understand how our plausible mechanisms would eventually work.

For phase two the large portion of my time was filled by revamping our Solid works model as well as keeping track with Liam and Spencer’s dimensions to make sure all of the sketches and modeling being done were of scale and accurate between each other. Also, during this phase I gathered the motors we would be using for our final working prototype and I began writing code to be synchronised with the motors. Finally, during phase two we as a group discovered our final working scenario and began to implement our mechanism into a working physical prototype.

For phase three my main task was to complete the programming and circuitry needed to implement the motors into our final product as well as continued on with the 3D model to develop rendered versions of our individual configurations. I also spent time to create a rendered image developed into a real world application. Extra tasks I completed during this phase include getting 1 sheet of our MDF wood as well some re-organizing of illustrator files to cooperate with the laser cutting machine.