Showcase 1:
Building Chubbington
Chubbington is the miniaturized R2D2 kind of Robot/AI Assistant that brings nostalgia to the users. It's "chubbiness" adds the "bear like" cuddly feel. A Toy, an AI ( Siri/Alexa) you name it.
My Story: The Cubbington idea
The idea of "Chubbington" started with ...
Key Highlights
Should look like a toy
Should be tactile
Should be nostalgic
It started with an Idea!
( scroll for the journey)
This was how I started. From Sketch, to CAD
Design Challenge
The challenges was many
- While we can build an object in CAD, the real object is quite different from how it appears cause it has to provide a softness through materials etc. The softness creates the desire to possess, that creates the cuddliness.
- Objects/Toys like this are plenty in the market. What I did not see was the "utility"; Why would customers buy it?
- I was torn in between both ideas. I had to build multiple times, and then scratch it, and rebuild it.
Process & Development
Research & Insights
What Research did you do
Concepts & Prototyping
How did you build the concepts from concept to prototyping
Engineering Decisions
What engineering decisions went well, what did not
Testing & Iteration
How did you test the design
Prototyping, Mistakes & Lesson Learned
The Challenge
What was the biggest challenge, that changed the trajectory of the project. Why did the Bear, transform to a robot
My Mistake
What were your mistakes. They know you are just a student. People learn from mistakes
Lessons Learned
They want to check out, what did you learn. This is where you make the mark.
The Final Product
Navigating Change
This is the key. They want to know how you changed because of the problems by tweaking, transforming and then what action did you take
The Product
Where is the current product at? what are it's features
Go From Here
Where do you go from here? This is where you tie the College with how you want to build small aesthetic products
Time Involved on the Project
200 hours
Software & Functions Used
SolidWorks CAD
FEA Analysis
Thermal Dynamics
Rapid Prototyping
Rendering
DFM / DFA