Our toy is a fully functional head to head pinball machine. The set up is meant to engage the users in competition. The pinball machine is made completely of mechanisms with no electronics. We made the key components of the pinball machine out of the … Continue readingTeam 8 | Fall 2011
Our toy is a small octopus that displays locomotion by moving across the floor. Kinetic motion of the toy is a result of a pair of “tentacles†on each side of the octopus rotating in a full circle around two shafts. This rotation is made … Continue readingTeam 7 | Fall 2011
The Click Flip is a mouse modeled to look like a skateboard. The idea is to be able to use it just like a regular mouse for normal use, but also to be able to play a computer game with it. It has an accelerometer … Continue readingTeam 6 | Fall 2011
The toy is a magnetically levitating bullet train with one freight car. Â Two parallel permanent magnetic strips embedded in a straight portion of track oppose two strips embedded in the two cars of the train. Â Plexiglas walls constrain the train to move only … Continue readingTeam 5 | Fall 2011
The Boiler Shuttle is a toy designed for 10-14 year-olds. The main function of the toy is a pull-back-and-go mechanism. The toy consists of the main shuttle body and has the top hatch doors attached using hinges. Other parts like the vertical stabilizer are glued … Continue readingTeam 4 | Fall 2011
This hand held action figure is the leader of the Animechs: a group of mechanized animals created to defend us from evil. Â He looks like a snapping turtle at first glance, but when fighting he opens his mouth and a cannon comes out. Â … Continue readingTeam 3 | Fall 2011
Summary: Our Toy is a model of the new CAT vocational truck cab combined with a roll off dumpster truck. The point of the toy was \to be a realistic scale model of an actual application to appeal to children that have an interest in … Continue readingTeam 2 | Fall 2011
The Mach Blaster is a handheld toy gun that is designed with the influence of jet airplanes. It requires the user to stretch back and release an elastic band to project a ball of air to propel plastic pellets out of the toy gun.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Santa and his elves might want to consult with Karthik Ramani and his engineering students if they need help keeping up with Christmas toy requests. Purdue University students taking Ramani’s computer-aided design course have created a wide array of toys and … Continue readingME444 in the Purdue Exponent
A toy design project by Christopher Dresch, Bradle Harner, Orrin Kleinhenz, and Michael Mc Carthy. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Shishir Biswas, Kara Ellspermann, Jono Sawson, and Charles Peak. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Colin Cole, Allison Mautz, Peter Stroh, and Alvin Tran. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Lucas Faust, Martin Malapira, Dzhangir Sogomonyan, and Erik Zipper. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Derek Davis, Eric Holzer, Craig Ness, and Pranit Shah. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Samuel Cuellar, Andrew Lincoln, Alex Miller, and Minesh Sarda. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Daniel Howey, Matthew Kubascik, Matthew Schmotzer, and Dustin Weber. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years).
A toy design project by Daniel Howey, Matthew Kubascik, Matthew Schmotzer, and Dustin Weber. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years). Assorted projects from the class begin at 4:09s.
A toy design project by Molly Barrett, Lijun Cao, Patrick Hart, and Gregory Wetterlin; and another by Adam Fogarty, Jordan Gooch, Naman Kandoi, and Chi Lei. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years). Team 7 … Continue readingTeam 7 | Spring 2011
A toy design project by Molly Barrett, Lijun Cao, Patrick Hart, and Gregory Wetterlin; and another by Adam Fogarty, Jordan Gooch, Naman Kandoi, and Chi Lei. The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years). Team 7 … Continue readingTeam 6 | Spring 2011
A toy design project by Robert Allen, Grzegorz Bogucki, Brandon Herren, and Trevor Wanamaker, and another project by . The class is taught in alternating semesters by Dr. Anderson (odd years) and Dr. Ramani (even years). Team 5 begins at 5:17s.