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Lessons Learned
We started early and , took our time with this project, and learned that it really made a difference on in how you feel we felt about it coming together. We had enough time to test and iterate to make it better. Which led to us being less stressed about everything and finished finishing by our the expected deadline we set for ourselves. We also learned to take consider weight distribution into consideration since it was not something we initially put into consideration when designed for with the CAD and carboard cardboard prototype was done. After the first assembly was done we realized how it is an a issue with the different material materials used and all the pieces assembled. Furthermore, our journey underscored the value of embracing diverse perspectives within our team, as differing viewpoints enriched our problem-solving process and contributed to a more cohesive team dynamic.
Future:
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For future iterations, we thought back to our initial design proposal and how we had to focus the scope of our project from the entire noodle-making process to just noodle-pulling. In the future, we would like to introduce further mechanisms and out-of-planar movement to add the twisting and unhooking process to the mechanism. As we were designing this for a culinary audience, we would like to make the electronics less visible which would involve an electronics box and possibly creating a second layer under the table to protect everything.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank our professor Meredith L. Symmank and our teaching assistant Conner for all they have taught us and make progress with our project. We'd also like to acknowledge our friends who fed and bandaged us while we worked endlessly in TIW (and hurt ourselves on a vice grip). We relied so hard on the kind and hardworking TIW employees who were so willing to help us with this project, especially Suveda and Eesha!