Royal College of Art, London, UK
“Make something delightful!” they told us.
“It must have at least one sensor, one actuator, and one machine element.”
I devised to build a dancing robot that swings its arms, turns its head, and taps its foot when it hears music. When the music gets louder, the Bot “busts a move”, and then resumes its usual dance when the noise decreases.
The head and arm movements were based on the oscillating cylinder mechanism; while the foot tapping was based on a cam model.
The final Bot stands over 2 feet tall and sports a Richard Simmons-inspired V-suit with matching sweatbands.
One servo motor with continuous rotation drives all 4 movements.
