WHAT WILL IT DO?
My goal is to make a motion mimicking device. A controller embedded with sensors will output to a device embedded with motors to drive its motion (mimicking the the motion of the controller).
felt loop gif
PRECEDENTS?
Although these projects are more directly related to my previous final project idea, they are still useful in the general space of what I'm trying to do. (click heading to see more about each project)

precedents1
precedents2
precedents3
A cursory google search for "motion mimicking device" turns up this:
motion robots


MATERIALS?
DEVICES: felt, chipboard, and spray adhesive OR all wool (felted by hand), plexi, thread, spool, hardware;
SENSORS: conductive thread, (velostat);
ELECTRONICS: copper board, components, battery;
MOTORS: two dc motors

WHAT PARTS AND SYSTEMS WILL BE MADE?
DEVICES: controller and mimicker
SENSORS: pressure, (bend) sensors
ELECTRONICS: boards to take input from sensors and output to motors

WHAT PROCESSES WILL BE USED?
DEVICES: laser cutter (potentially, but might not be needed) OR felting
ELECTRONICS: modela
PROGRAMMING: arduino IDE

TASKS TO BE COMPLETED?
DEVICES:
SENSORS:
ELECTRONICS:
PROGRAMMING:

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED?


SCHEDULE?
after December 12th (studio review!)

EVALUATION?