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Sporto: A Robot for Self Awareness
DESIGN LOG

1. Inspiration
2. Material
3. Sketches
4. Model

1. Inspiration

PRINCESS MONONOKE TREE PEOPLE
CERO
MINNIE
NESTING DOLLS

2. Material
Flexible and rubbery for stretching
Somewhat translucent for embedded LEDs
White is preferable

Played with a sample of Vytaflex 10:
http://www.smooth-on.com/PDF/VytaFlex%20Series%20-%20TB.pdf
But it's too soft and wouldn't be durable, so we'll try to use Vytaflex 30.

We'll build a 2-piece mold on the FDM modeler and pour the urethane into it.
We'll need a release agent, perhaps Smooth-On's Universal Mold Release:
http://www.smooth-on.com/releases.asp

3. Sketches

4. Model

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