End product: Final prototype design

Initial design drawings: Drawings of designs for exterior and interior

3D prints for head and body: Designs for 3D printing

Exterior parts: Head and body

Interior parts: To make it move

1. Altera Max 10 development kit

2. Power bank to power development kit

3. Motor controllers

4. Bluetooth module 

5. Joystick controller with batteries

6. High torque servos

7. Bearings

8. Nuts, screws and rods

9. Craters

10. Hard cardboard

11. Large wheels

12. Big and small round magnets

13. 1 very heavy magnet as the center of the gravity

Project name: BB8

Date of project: October 2016

Platform: Product prototype

Project description: To create a functional BB8 from the adaptation of Star Wars

Activities: This is done in a team of 3. I was involved in the Max 10 development kit coding to make the navigate the wheels and the to control the joystick. I was also involved in designing the some of the exterior and integrating the whole exterior and interior together.

Challenges: 

1. A lot of trial and error are done at creating a full BB8 design prototype.

2. Need a few testings to make sure the movements are in the direction that is wanted.

3. It is easier to design on paper rather than creating the real prototype. But without designing on papers, we would not have known where to start!