ME444 Toy Design

*Best Engineering Award* by Nicolas Wilkinson, Sara Swanlund, Jack Reynolds, Kristin Vose. Bring a science fiction and fantasy character droid, BB-8 to life in a way that allows the user to play with it as a general remote-controlled toy, but also as a platform to … Continue readingBB-8

*Best Market Potential* by Jack Hawkins, Daniel Ventura, Tyler Hand, Fred Hoham. An amalgamation of a physical globe and the popular online game “Geo-Guesser”, The game functions by a pointer hovering over a country on the globe and the LCD display showing four options for … Continue readingGlobe Trottle

*Best Innovation* Noah Boursier, Elena Krizman, Gavin Noel, Jake Paré. A desk companion, named the Desk Buddy, moves and “interacts” with someone working at their desk in order to improve mood and productivity during long working hours.

*Best Aesthetic Design* by Joseph Kim Enrico Setiawan Sam Dumoulin Max Cohen. The gumball launcher looks to improve the old and outdated gumball design and make the user experience more exciting. The gumball launcher has a competitive edge over the traditional gumball machine because of … Continue readingGumball Launcher

*People’s Vote* by Ashlynne Ross, John Dustman, Lexi Loyot, and Luke Dreyer. The Wall-E Action Toy is a push-driven mechanical robot inspired by the movie Wall-E. The push action actuates the door flap opening and closing as well as the eyes tilting up and down.

*People’s Vote* by Yong Sung Kim, Jackie Fung He, Nick Will, Alex Lam. Inspired by the game Minecraft and the character of the Creeper, Creeper in a minecart that can be driven around using a phone application. The user can also push a button on … Continue readingCreeper in Minecart

Our team was assigned to design and build an action toy with at least two complex motions and with a volume less than one cubic foot. To fulfill these requirements our team designed a miniature basketball shootout challenge toy. The complex motions included in our … Continue readingFinal Four Shootout

World’s Largest Ring Toss is a fun and competitive game for any Boilermaker fan to enjoy! Using your launch box, launch rings onto the drum top. Earn points for each ring that lands on the drum top, rings on the rods are worth extra! But … Continue readingWorld’s Largest Ring Toss

Set in the space race and themed for Purdue’s 150th anniversary, Rocket Racers is an exciting two player button racer for all ages. Armed with a controller, each player attempts to race their rocket from Earth to the Moon in a variety of game modes. … Continue readingRocket Racers

The Fountain Fling is a fun and interactive way to promote the recycling of plastic bottle caps. The toy is a challenging game that makes the act of recycling exciting and enjoyable. The goal of the game is to fling a used plastic water bottle … Continue readingFountain Fling

Each ME 444 team was tasked with creating an innovative mechanical/electrical action toy with a theme suitable for Purdue University’s sesquicentennial celebration. Each toy was required to include two non-trivial coordinated motions, be modeled in Creo Parametric, and be prototyped using rapid prototyping techniques such … Continue readingPurdue Pinball Toy

Space Chase is a mechanical hand crank toy with an electrically powered moving background that simulates two ships chasing each other through the stars. The toy utilizes a scotch yoke mechanism paired with a four bar linkage to achieve this motion. The scotch yoke drives … Continue readingSpace Chase

The A-maze-ing Shifting Marble Maze is a fun twist on the classic marble maze game. Instead of only a single player transversing through a static maze, this toy incorporates two players into the game, adding an additional layer of complexity and fun to the game. … Continue readingMarble Maze

The main aspect of our design is a Hoberman ring. This mechanism, more well known for its use in the children’s ball, the Hoberman Sphere, is the main connector for all of our moving parts. The ring is expanded and contracted by a series of … Continue readingSpindiana

The Boilermaker Especially Special is a remote controlled battery powered vehicle with the appearance of our beloved mascot’s little sibling, the Boilermaker Xtra Special. What separates the Especially Special from other RC cars already on the market is the inclusion of a 2-speed transmission and … Continue readingBoilermaker Especially Special