Visually impaired people have trouble understanding many motions because they cannot feel them. We tried to turn flight into a tactile experience so visually impaired people can experience it as well. We did this by watching the different motions of a swan and modeling them in a linkage program.  We have two different parts: a swan unfolding its wings and a swan flapping its wings. 

INDIVIDUAL

Title: Robo-Poly

Thesis Statement: The robot bug of your dreams that provides hours of fun entertainment by using servos and motors to travel just like a real roly-poly.

PARTNER

Title: Robo-Poly

Thesis Statement: A robotic device that crosses a terrain by using servos and motors to recreate the rolling and unrolling movement just like a real roly-poly.

TEAM

Title: Robo-Poly

Thesis Statement: A robotic device that crosses a great terrain,  and that terrain is a rain drain, by using servos and motors to recreate the rolling and unrolling motion of a real roly-poly.

This is my deconstruction sketch of woodlouse (AKA roly-poly). My sketch shows a woodlouse rolling up into a ball and explains the movement of the legs