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During May, the project was drawing to a close. As a result, a lot occurred, so I will go through it quickly – I began with attempting to convert the current prototype of the casing to a Lasercut Design – however I found there were several issues preventing assembly. I attempted this once more, and…

Most of the month was Easter. The wiring for the Stepper Motor was done, as well as another prototype. An ongoing issue with the Stepper Motor was that it would quickly cause the Hardware to overheat to a dangerous degree – even the addition of a heat sink did not remedy this issue. This is…

During March, prototyping began. Building from the skills developed during the last project, I worked once more with Cam and Follower mechanisms. The intent was to create a Kinetic Sculpture of the endangered animal in question, so that it could be displayed. Pictured above is one of the earliest concepts, however it had several glaring…

For the Febuary of 2026, we began our group project. To begin with we brainstormed, and decided we would wish to bring attention to a species within UK that is endangered. While we had not yet decided the Species, we began brainstorming. We researched various facets from Audience, to existing Data, and Species we could…

During the January of 2026, we were working on the modifications for our Pololu devices. For mine, I decided to work on a retractable pen, and the ability to control it remotely, rather then following a set path.For the pen, I decided to utilize a Cam and Snail follower to lift it up, and drop…

The final week. This week, we finished up all projects. our goal was to ensure everything was organised and finished completely, ready for submission. Nothing new this week, just lots of documentation paperwork and essay writing. Oh…. and even writing this!