Grace Loves Nerdgasms
While sitting in my otherwise rather dull "Fundamentals of Engineering Design" lecture today, I suddenly had one of those awesome moments when an idea smacks you in the face with full force.
Me: ITARU!! OMG!!! So we have to build a semi-amphibious vehicle, right? That goes down a ramp into the water? We can build a SPHERE. That ROLLS!
Itaru:...?
Me: Okay, so it's weighted at the bottom so it buoys itself up, and we can have two inwardly directed motors at each of four corners so it can spin and thrust in a particular direction, all mounted inside the robot and and...it will be BADASS!!!
Itaru: Awesome! But remember, we can only have three motors and one servo.
Me: Hmm.....
Itaru: GRACE!! OMG!!! We can build a strip around the middle that is rotated by the servo, and a motor mounted on it that uses a propeller to suck up water and thrust it out at whatever angle we turn the servo to!! This is BADASS!!! This must be made!!!
Me&Itaru: *NERDGASM*
....
Me: So...this is going to be a bitch to machine.
Me: ITARU!! OMG!!! So we have to build a semi-amphibious vehicle, right? That goes down a ramp into the water? We can build a SPHERE. That ROLLS!
Itaru:...?
Me: Okay, so it's weighted at the bottom so it buoys itself up, and we can have two inwardly directed motors at each of four corners so it can spin and thrust in a particular direction, all mounted inside the robot and and...it will be BADASS!!!
Itaru: Awesome! But remember, we can only have three motors and one servo.
Me: Hmm.....
Itaru: GRACE!! OMG!!! We can build a strip around the middle that is rotated by the servo, and a motor mounted on it that uses a propeller to suck up water and thrust it out at whatever angle we turn the servo to!! This is BADASS!!! This must be made!!!
Me&Itaru: *NERDGASM*
....
Me: So...this is going to be a bitch to machine.