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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Toy Project ENME 204
Introduction
The
project objective for the toy is fairly simple, but that doesn’t mean
it is easy to achieve. The toy has to be appealing to children and
requires at least one moving component. We have a budget of $200 ($50
from each team member) to build our toy. C-BOT ultimately decided to go
with a Mardi Gras type float with an alligator on the top. The alligator
will have at least two moving components. The first moving component is
the easiest to produce, the wheels, which will be set into motion by
someone from our team pushing on the object. The second moving component
will be the alligator opening and closing its mouth. This will be
triggered by a mechanism which will take the kinetic motion from the
wheels via the pushing from the team member. We may also add another
moving component if we have the resources. The possible third moving
component will be the tail of the alligator which will swing side to
side. With three possible moving components, the requirement for a
moving component will be met.
The
marketability of the toy is based on appealing to children. Our target
market is to entice buyers with this friendly alligator. C-BOT will
achieve this by using a cartoonish alligator with a grin/smile on its
face and also a crown on top of its head. The name of the toy shall be
“Marty the Alligator”. We got the name “Marty” from the theme of the toy
(Mardi Gras). With all this preparation the objectives and requirements
for the project will be achieved.
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