Define the problem
Team norms:
Antonio: Andrew:
Good- Brainstorming, sketching, building Good- Building, brainstorming, sketching
Bad- IDW's, following constrants Bad: IDW's, writing
Antonio: Andrew:
Good- Brainstorming, sketching, building Good- Building, brainstorming, sketching
Bad- IDW's, following constrants Bad: IDW's, writing
Antonio is going to do the writing because he is better at writing on weebly. I am going to do the building because I am better at building a product on inventor and doing the IDW's. We both brainstormed together to come up with multiple ideas to chose from.
Generate Concepts
McDonalds usually designs their toys based on the most newest and most seen kid movie such as in this case, Despicable Me.
If you want to use McDonalds logos it has to be an education purpose or a media purpose, any other use of the logo is illegal.
Warnings need to be placed on a toy if there is a safety hazard that parents need to be notified by. For example, if there are small detachable pieces, you would need to put a warning statement on the toy saying that there are small detachable pieces that could result in choking for smaller children.
If you want to use McDonalds logos it has to be an education purpose or a media purpose, any other use of the logo is illegal.
Warnings need to be placed on a toy if there is a safety hazard that parents need to be notified by. For example, if there are small detachable pieces, you would need to put a warning statement on the toy saying that there are small detachable pieces that could result in choking for smaller children.
Develop a solution
Construct and test prototype
I showed my toy to both my mom and dad. When I showed the toy to my mom, she suggested that instead of making a robotic eye on the minion, I should add a regular eye since the eye is a very important part on a minion. When I showed it to my dad, He said that I should use a copper like material to give it a better robotic, old age look.
Evaluate solution
Some more changes that I would like to make are adding more detail to the body of the minion, and changing the cannon on the left arm of the minion.
Overall I think this project was fine in all aspects. The teamwork could use a little improvement but it still worked out in favor of the project. My inventor skills have become really good, I am able to create objects that I want to without much trouble while doing it, and I can create detailed objects as well. If we had a couple more days in class to help clean up misunderstanding between partners I think the project would be easier for both members of the team and they wouldn't be so stressed about what their partner is going to do to the project while they are by themselves. In class everybody should go over what a gantt chart is and what group norms are and how to make both of them correctly. The function on our minion is a button on the top of his head that if you push, it will make the minion talk from the speaker at the front of the robot. The accessory of the minion is his detachable arm fart cannon that can be switched out with other accessories from other McDonalds minion toys.