Droid Building Project
Meet our final exam, an animatronic cupcake. He is based on an animatronic cupcake from the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” video games*. Meant to be both scary and cute, this “haunted” robot is ready to move, groove, and even jump scare.
* This project was created for educational purposes only and does not represent the brand or the company.
Watch Him Dance!
What is Droid Building?
“Introduction to Droid Building” is a class at the University of Notre Dame where you are tasked with brining a robot to life to make it a droid. In this class, your goal is to tell a story through technology. Built by both Caitlin Wilkinson and I, this class project took 3 months to complete. We were tasked with creating three preprogramed “dance routines”, remote controlled motion for obstacle courses both forward and backwards, and a mode that allows the robot to drive autonomously in a square using sonar sensors. Our final consisted of a showcase our our droid where we displayed these requirements for professional judges.
Behind the Scenes
This robot was fabricated with 3D printed parts modeled in SOLIDWORKS, and controlled by a Bluetooth remote and an Arduino. Our droid was also all wired and programmed by us to include sound, motion, and one gesture in the form of blinking to bring the character to life.
