Social Manner Adjustment-Inator

Presentation of the product - (the appearance has been changed from the actual product because mechanism alterations)

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PLANNING

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TESTING

Testing before hands was installed. As you can see that once two arms has been extended, the centre part which is hidden under a black fabric will pop up however, if only one hand is lifted, it will not be strong enough to lift up this part so this is beneficial to the hand gesture that will be installed later on.

The back of the first layer of clothing has been cut vertically so that once the centre part has been lifted up, it will hide that part and extend with it. However, it turns out to be that the centre part is quite weak and cannot generate enough power to lift up the whole shirt completely so as you can see from the previous photo, the shirt does not go up very well.

Front View

Part of the mechanism that helps the centre to pop up vertically and it could reduce the force used to lift.

Two pieces of thread are tied with a series of ropes and rubber band to add strength.

HANDS

For this part I have employed the method of Papier-mâché as it will give a very lightweight and a very easy to cut part. As you can see from the photograph below that I have attatched two pieces of thread (to increase strength and balance of the movement) and a piece of 3 layered cardboard which is cut into a quarter of a circle to act as a 'track' for the wai movement (one end will be inside the first layer shirt).

Testing with hands installed

Hand in normal position (not extended) *note that the centre part that has been hidden behind the black fabric on the left side of the hand. It could not be hidden under the same fabric or be in the centre because it will interfere with the middle mechanism.

Side view

As you can see that when the right arm is extended, the hand will go up 90 degrees from the normal position. The threads must be tied to the hand, not the arm because it will give larger force to pull up the papier mache hands.

Board Presentation

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