Our group met Tony for the first time today and he felt that our project was too optimistic to be done within a couple of months. This was largely attributed to a great lack of knowledge with automation, pneumatic actuators and motors. Fortunately, we got to have a watch party with Tony today […]

Milestones completed today: Safety Quiz Finalized group name: Humpty Dumpling Rough timeline is set up for things to do for the week. Watch Arduino videos. Submit risk assessment so we can go to the lab. Design a rough drawing of our prototype. Design 3D parts in Fusion360. Current idea of our prototype: Manual Circular conveyor […]

We had a watch party to watch all of the safety videos together 😀 and compiled our learning points into a separate document for the risk assessment. Given the complex nature of industrial machines, further sourcing for dumpling machines was also carried out to understand the workings of dumpling machines on a deeper level. We […]

After further deliberation, we felt that the stir-frying wok machine lacked originality and decided to make the switch to something more novel. Therefore, after watching multiple videos on dumpling making, our group collectively agreed to make the switch over to an automatic dumpling-making machine. Our dumpling-making machine has two main selling points. Incorporates the use […]

Dr Ho gave everyone a brief rundown of what MnT entails. Roles and Responsibilities Each group will have a Leader, Finance and Procurement, Secretarial Support and Records, Communications and Planning and Safety Officer. Assessment/Submission/Prizes Rubrics include originality, clever use of science, effort, craftsmanship and functionality. Prizes are awarded for Best Project, Most Innovative Idea and […]

Group meeting was held to discuss key features of stir frying machine for fried rice. These include: Wok with rewired coils for induction heating (eddy currents) Rotary stirrer Automatic adding of ingredients at appropriate times Potential expansion to other stir-fried dishes. More research was also done to consider various cooking styles. Automatic stir fry wok […]

We informed Dr Ho that we preferred the Happy Call method to make okonomiyaki as it was more straightforward and okonomiyaki resembled the shape of pancakes, making them the ideal shape for flipping. However, Dr Ho was concerned that the design may prove to be too simple for MnT and pancake flipping machines were already […]

Group discussion was held to discuss the main working mechanism of the Okonomiyaki machine. As the main action involved in making okonomiyaki was the flipping of the Japanese pancake, two possible working mechanisms were raised, which was the Happy Call method and the Robotic Arm method. Both mechanisms had their strengths and weaknesses. The Happy […]

We shared with Dr Ho our project ideas for the very first time. Dr Ho was the most invested in our first project and gave us some pointers to ponder over. He encouraged us to engage in more thorough research surrounding commercially available self-cooking machines that incorporates a flipping motion. Some examples include Happy Call […]

Discussion was made to compile potential ideas from everybody before the start of MnT. A voting session was held as well, with the following topics coming up on top. Flipping machine for Okonomiyaki Electronic ink Sensor machine for the deaf Motion-powered power bank Scoville meter