Concept Design


MOSCOW Requirements:


Requirement Document for Head


Must Should Could Won't
Construct a physical concept of the head. Extend the design to move the Hinges. Construct Eyes. Be for commercial use.
Construct a separate manakin head for structure. Construct Hinges. Hair. Fly.
Construct skin from scan using a Design tool. Additional Motors to control eyes. Use Machine Learning to create conversations.
Scanner for the skin. Speaker for sounds.
Colour Scanner.
Include a series of Motors to control hinges.

The design was planned: a rough sketch on a whiteboard and discussion of general dimensions of Michael’s head with use of measuring tape.


Figure 2: Sketches of the Head Measurements for the artifact (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 2 Sketches of the Head Measurements for the artifact (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)


Figure 3: Visual representation of Motor Movements inside head (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 3 Visual representation of Motor Movements inside head (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)


Figure 4: Visual Representation of hinge holding head (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 4 Visual Representation of hinge holding head (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)



Figure 5: Hinge Visual Representation (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 5 Hinge Visual Representation (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)


Figure 6: Tool used to measure eye distance and eye width/height (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 6 Tool used to measure eye distance and eye width/height (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)


Figure 7: Measurements of distance between centre of eyes and the eye width (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)

Figure 7 Measurements of distance between centre of eyes and the eye width (Photograph taken by Mark Warren)


A discussion was held about the general motor mechanics, the visualised hinge and measurements of the eyes and dimensions. The technology agreed on would involve the 3D Printer, Blender, Fusion 360, use of a 3D Scanner (yet to be decided) and MP3 Module (for speaker use). The available tools for use of project were then examined: please refer to the Development section of the website.