Testing the Protoype
We have taken this video to show the prototype being tested.
Making the Prototype
We have used the laser cutter to build the components we needed for the feeder prototype and then fitted these together.
Testing the Prototype Cannon
We created a prototype from copper pipe to test the distance vs pressure.
Building the first prototype Air Cannon
We have now started to build our prototype Compressed Air Connon. To complete this task, we had to cut down all of the piping to size. We...
Planning for Bear Feeder Prototype 1
These are the plans for our first prototype for the Sun Bear Feeder Compressed air gun.
Google Sketch-up Project Designs
Today, we began learning how to transfer our paper ideas to 3D drawing designs in Google Sketch-up. These photos show some of the designs...
Researching Compressed Air Cannon Designs/ Ideas
We have been researching compressed air cannon's to identify a suitable design that could be used for our automaded feeder. This video...
Designing an Interface for a Control APP
Today we spent the session looking at design ideas for an APP that could be used to overide the automatic feeder. We wanted to make an...
Discussing Ideas, Identifying positions within group and Starting Project
Today we looked at ideas for compression systems. We identified the different positions with the group and alocated tasks. We produced...
Brainstorming - Research/ Generating Ideas
We spent todays session brainstorming our idea's for the feader. We have chosen to produce a compressed air system that will fire the...