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Why: Outreach project for engaging children with hands-on STEM by turning their ideas into captivating scientific art.
Learned: Gear ratio selection and backlash control across 14 printed gears; enclosure engineering in transparent glass; low-voltage power architecture (3×18650) and speed control via potentiometer-regulated controller.
The idea of the art piece came from a contestant of the STEM Girl Day Glass Shop Imaginary Invention Contest.
The drone was designed to be a kinetic art installation that showcases the invention idea; a drone which pics up trash and recycling materials and flies away. While this contraption was not designed to fly, it effectively showcased an eye catching partially covered set of gearboxes with a total of 14x 3D printed gears, all powered by one DC motor. Everything was incased in clear borosilicate or cobalt-borosilicate glass for better visual illustration.
The bottom housing was designed to accommodate 3x 18650 Li-ion batteries and a potentiometer controlled voltage controller would regulate the voltage output to the motor.
Final Art Display
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