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