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Ball of Work

Nurali
Age 8Edinburgh, U.K.

Maker blog entries

Luke has been working on making this idea real.
Final display
Posted by Luke

I brought my final model to frogstone primary with the rest of my uni class

Final ball of work & environment
Posted by Luke

Finished assembling the scene and placed in the ball of work

Final robot arm
Posted by Luke

Putting finishing touches on the robot arm and programming the motors

Modelling the ball of work
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I’ve made the ball of work and plan on putting it in a tub and surrounding it in an underwater scene

Creating the poster
Posted by Luke

I created one poster but then started it again so it would fit more with the rest of the ocean themed posters in the class

materials for ball of work
Posted by Luke

I’ve been gathering the materials I’m gonna use for the ball of work. I’ve bought a clear tub to put everything in and ordered clear plastic balls, toy fish, fish tank pebble and acrylic sheets to hold up the fish

Modelling the arm
Posted by Luke

I’ve been modelling the arm in fusion 360 to work out the mechanics and have began making it out of wooden boards

Robot arm research
Posted by Luke

I’m planning on including Nurali’s other idea of a robot arm that writes for you. I’m planning on making it out of wood, an arduino nano and servos. I’ve been researching mechanism for the movement of the arm and done some initial drawings

Mood board
Posted by Luke

Collecting images of the kind of feel I want the ball of work to have in the finished model