October 22 Meeting

The First Part of the meeting:

Programmers:

In this meeting Ish was teaching Jordan R. some programming skills.

Pictured: Ish S., Jordan R.

Karl was working with Matt on the program for the robot's arm. They two ran into a problem where the arm was not moving they they anticipated. But Karl immediately spotted the issue and fixed it.

Pictured: Matt J., Karl W.

Pictured: Matt J., Karl W.

Pictured: The Arduino boards George brought for the team.

Pictured: The programming

Pictured:  Part of the Robot

Second Half of the Meeting : The opening of the 3D printers

The 3D printers arrived and Dan Cornell, George Mitsuoka, and the rest of the animatronics team opened the boxes for the first time. They first printed a dragon with its egg. Although it was not perfect, the team is working to calibrate the printer.

October 15 Meeting

What happened on the Oct 15 meeting:

Prosthetic:

Kyi worked on a Monster Concept design. Here is the sketch.

(Pictured: Monster Sketch)

Robotics:

The team worked on organizing the robotic pieces and brainstorming possible ideas.

(Pictured: Jane B.)

(Pictured: Matt J.)

(Pictured: Matt J., Jane B., Jordan H., Danny M.)

Programmers (NEW!):

Ish and Karl took in new people and taught them the basics of programming.

(Pictured: Dan C., Ish S., Jordan R.)

(Pictured: Karl W., Alston S., Unknown A.)

(Pictured: Basic Programming)

George Mitsuoka:

In this meeting, George Mitsuoka brought in 4 Arduino boards. He briefed the team on the purpose of the boards.

(Pictured: George M.)

(Pictured: Jordan H., Jane B., George M., Karl W.)

(Pictured: George M., Dan C., Matt J., Jordan H., Karl W., Jordan R., Ish S.)

October 8th Meeting

Today was a busy day in the studio. Here's what happened:

Prosthetic:
Kyi was alone today, but she worked very hard on clay models. She made an "ear fin". Pictured below is Kyi and her "ear fin"

Pictured: Kyi K.

Robotics:
Today, two new members joined the robotics part of the animatronic team: Ish and Parker. Matt showed them the basics of programming and the basic arm for the animatronic. Ish and Parker then continued to make a prototype of the arm in Maya.

Pictured: Parker P., Ish S., and Matt J.

Pictured: Parker P., Ish S., and Matt J.

Pictured: Parker P. and Ish S.

Jordan, Danny, and Vanessa worked on drawing up prototypes for the robotic eyes. They watched several videos and did lots of research. 

Pictured: Drawing Prototype Idea #1

Pictured: Danny M., Jordan H., Vanessa C.

Kris B., Ariana M., and Dylan D. worked on eyes in Maya.

October 1, 2013 Meeting

Today, The animatronics team were hard at work! Here's a basic summary of what happened.

This week was homecoming and several people were decked out in rock-star clothing today. Due to popular request, pictures of actual team members working were not taken. Photography will resume next week!

Prosthetic Group: 

Sophia and Kyi (the two co-leaders) were designing some parts of the monster in clay. 

They experimented with the new shipment of clay and made horns for the monster.

Robotic Group:

Matt (the leader) was working on a very cool programmed robotic machine. The machine went through a variety of movements.

Jane, Jordan, and Danny worked on their robots and were making great progress. The made the basic frame for the animatronic.