Abstraction Exercises

AQUA

HARDSHIP

In this project, we explored the words "hardship" and "aqua".

For our design, we chose to depict the core ideas of these two concepts by creating a two-layered bot that moves linearly on the upper layer and smoothly on the lower layer. This represents the difficulty in hardship and the calm from overcoming said hardship.

Prototype 1

Aqua, initial prototype

Hardship, initial prototype

Prototype 2

Prototype of our combined concept

Sketch of our combined concept

Prototype 3 - Incorporating Feedback

Prototype after feedback

Sketch/Diagram of our concept after feedback

Diagrams

Circuit Diagram

Process Photos

Second attempt at making the original cam devices

The first attempt at wiring the Arduino

Final Photos

The final prototype displays our original concept, with cams that move parts of the model in accordance with our abstraction words.