Application and Implication

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Weekly_Assignments :

-  For this assignment we need to answer some relevant questions about our final project.

####What will it do?

Twister is a wifi controlled small lego rotating cube with integrated application, it can connecting each other physically to create a control 3/4/5/6/7 axes robot arm, it can also be used to automate original lego pieces !

It can rotate on one face, change color,connect phisically by a lego original block, wifi connect automatically with other twister cube. Each twister cube can be a Server or client by click a button. You can control via smartphone, PC, tablet simply connect to his wifi network.

####Who’s done what beforehand?

RERO - Cube Servo - Modular type robotic servo

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Developing Novel Extensions to Support Prototyping for Interactive Social Robots

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Power function lego tecnics

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LEGO 1977 Technical Motor 4.5 v

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LEGO 1960 Technical Motor

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####What materials and components will be required?

  • PLA Rolls blue, green, yellow and red
  • white acrilic
  • one micro-servo motors
  • one ESP8266 rev A
  • one (Esp8266 breakout board) RGB3.3-Servo5 pcb built with the experience of Output device week.
  • one RGB led common catode
  • one battery 3.3v

####Where will they come from?

All electronics for RGB3.3-Servo5 pcb came from the fablab inventory (except LM3940 1-A ) I find a very good Pla rolls by ColorFabb
acrilic sheet and battery buyed from local store ESP 8266 rev A by Olimex

####How much will it cost?

  • Printed parts ~3 Euros
  • Servo motors HXT900 9g- 2.37 Euros
  • white acrilic A4 format (sufficent for 2 cube)- 6 euros
  • ESP8266 rev A - 5.50 Euros
  • Esp8266 breakout board components - 4 Euros
  • RGB led common catode - 0.20 euros
  • Vinyl stikers - 2 euros

Total 23,07 euros

####What parts and systems will be made?

Physical parts:

#####Lasercut - material: acrilyc case Solidworks + Autocad (offset kerf)

#####3d Printed - material: PLA Solidworks

  • cube angle
  • mechanism for cube rotation
  • Laser cut acrilic external case
  • RGB3.3-Servo5 pcb

#####Molding: Solidworks

  • Lego faces

#####Milling PCB: Eagle

  • breakout Esp8266 board

#####Software: javascript - LUA - #C - HTML

  • Web app interface integrated inside the memory of eaech ESP8266 - javascript
  • LuaMcu firmware, with servo + RGB library call + Client SERVER switch.
  • Wifi trasmission.

####What processes will be used?

Lasercut - for external cube skeleton

3d printing - for cube angle,mechanism for cube rotation,Lego faces

PCB Production - breakout Esp8266 board

Vynil cutting - stickers for customizing the Companion looks and branding the box

Molding and Casting - For Lego Faces

####What tasks need to be completed?

1 - improve the visual quality fo the web app

2 - Test : rotation movment

3 - Test : server-client connection between cubes

4 - Build at least 3 twister cube for perform Demostration

####What is the schedule?

May 20-22 Modify Servo+RGB pcb for integrate 9v battery and switch button

May 22-26 Complete the App and add some beauty icons on web interface

May 26-30 To build 3 or 4 twister cube for create a demo test

May 31-June 10

####How will it be evaluated?

The evaluation will be carried by making a demo test to demostrate the easy connection with server and client connection, set the color of each cube for undestand the movment and build some things with cubes and perform a demo test. A further tests will be showing during the fab11 for the amusing children and adults alike.

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