Thank you to my amazing professor Ron Honn for allowing me to borrow Armacreature! Armacreature is the first actual metal armature I've...

Exciting news! One of my favorite professors and honors project director, Ron Honn, generously allowed my friend and I to borrow his...

Don't be that person who watches the movie before the book! Okay I lied, there's no movie, but read part one of this saga HERE anyways....

For the knees, I wanted a joint that was only capable of moving around one axis. The ball joints and the leg joints would definitely...

Hey you! Yeah you, who's reading this! I want you to lift your shoulder up and move it in every direction that you can. It can move...

This week I was able to successfully create a ball joint! I modeled it on Fusion and got it printed. An issue I ran into was that the...

Let me tell you. I did not know struggle until I tried to cut brass pipe. Ha, kidding! But seriously, it was difficult. The pipe I...

These kittens can't just be a sack of bones and joints, can they? It's time to design the main parts of their bodies! Originally I...

After conducting research on cats I created a few different armature designs. At first I was tempted to just use ball joints throughout...

Before designing an armature for my cat, I decided to thoroughly study the anatomy of cats. Here is some of my research: Cats are...

Progress post! The design for the armature is finalized! I'll be creating three different types of joints: 1. Ball Joint - allows for the...

Today at the Innovation Hub, I learned a ton of new things, including how to solder, how to use Autodesk Fusion 360, and most...

This week I tested the epoxy and armature wire on a cat model I designed. It came out decent, and was quite sturdy. The epoxy was easy to...

Today I experimented with epoxy putty and armature wire to build a human armature! The armature wire was MUCH nicer than plain wire. It's...

Growing up, my favorite thing to do with my brother was play with our stuffed animals and create all sorts of crazy stories involving...