Over all I’m pretty happy with how these came out. Some were unlikely to work and experiments for learning, if it isn’t perfect its to be expected. For my layers project I made a layered version of the 3lb combat robot I was making for the final project. This came out really well, I love…
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Layers Project – Andrew Roush
Aside from a couple flaws due to cutting warped stock, I’m happy with how this turned out! It is derived from a model in Solidworks of a combat robot I’m working on, however it has been majorly simplified and run through countless other softwares. Though I had some plans to use other materials aside from…
Lantern Project – Andrew Roush
This lantern was quite an experiment. Between trying to shine light through an engraving and rastering images over kerf bends, it was never going to be perfect. The light really doesn’t come through the wood at all, only through the bending, so I left the bottom off for more light and better access. One of…
3D Organic Doodle – Andrew
For my organic doodle using ZBrush, I attempted to model a Tulkun from the most recent Avatar movie. I think I should stick to Solidworks…
Altered Toys Design
When I was younger I always wanted to play with RC toys like cars and things. Most of all though I liked the powered Legos because I could design whatever I wanted. Unfortunately Lego Battlebots doesn’t work out very well. Yes, I tested that. For the altered toys project I’m going for a very major…
3D “Doodle” Geometric -Andrew
Since I work in Solidworks quite often, I used it for my CAD software. I’m planning on using this motor for a project and I needed a model so I make a quick 30 minute CAD for it trying to stay as dimensionally accurate as I could given the description on the website. There were…
Initial Lantern Design – Andrew Roush
From talking to a few people I have learned that you can strait up engrave images on the laser. This only works with the newer smaller laser though. I plan to make a 4x4x4 cube with rounded corners by bending the wood. I’m going to test having images engraved into the bent portion, but we…
Layers Project WIP – Andrew Roush
The project is coming along nicely. With quite a few changes based on the comments on the last post. What’s changed: – Most of the fastening together will be done with screws and standoffs from the actual robot, so metal.– Everything will be acrylic, though some will be painted. – The weapon will be able…
Layers Design Concept – Andrew Roush
I really like how the fusion 360 slicing tool works so I’m going to attempt to use it to make a scaled model of my combat bot. In this initial revision lots of the details don’t come through well, due to missing the layer slice or simply being to small. Since I know Solidworks well,…
First Cuts – Andrew Roush
For my first cut on the laser I chose to cut my SVG from drawing 1, which is a very simplified version of of my current combat robot. I’m considering adding a raster and making it into a keychain. This took 3 cuts to get the cut to come out as I had expected. The…
Drawings 2 & 3 – Andrew Roush
Drawing 2 (Left) is a drawing of the spinner on my combat robot, with a paint scheme I’m thinking of putting on it, these can also be rastered on the laser with different depths and scaled down to make a nice keychain. Drawing 3 (Right) is generated from code, from p5.js. Line thickness, rotation and…
Drawing #1 – Andrew Roush
For drawing 1 I chose to draw a simplified version of my 3lb combat robot Hat Trick. For when I start laser cutting models I’m thinking of making a 3d layered low poly version to hand on my wall as an ornament. While I started with a 4″x4″ square only slight but is left at…
Andrew Roush Introduction
Hello, I’m Andrew Roush! I’m from Austin Texas and study robotics engineering here at WPI. I don’t have tons of art experience but I feel like I apply my art creativity in ways many people don’t. Since most of my work is in more technical modeling, 3D CAD, many people don’t care how their models…