1) Conception and Design
For the Robotic Pet Dog, the main conception and design was based from a stress relief toy which saw its first prototype as a tall wall-e type pet. We then deviated towards a dog and finally finished it into a box with a cotton like texture exterior.
2) Fabrication and Design
The design for this Robotic Pet Dog originally came across from a wall-e prototype, but we thought it wasn’t intuitive or cute looking enough so we changed it. First we made a prototype out of cardboard and got all the wiring and coding right. We then laser cut a box and put cotton on the box. After we put cotton on the box we wrapped it with the wire/sensor.
3) Conclusions
Overall the project was successful, but there are occasional glitches on the sensors. The pet dog was cute so it basically presented itself. I think for a next step we can make it more intuitive. That would probably be a good course of action.