Cadalyst - July 2008 - (Page 17) techtrends The whimsical animation clip, titled “The Hug Machine” and created in Autodesk 3ds Max, shows an egg hatching mechanical legs and offering a hug to a chicken. The affectionate gesture transforms the background scenery from the dreary monotone into a lush green landscape, affirming Autodesk’s community-oriented theme for this year’s competition. Changing Dynamics Ed Debler, a mentor to Team 217, reflected on the changing face of ThunderChickens. “When we started out [in 1999], we’d be lucky if we got one or two girls on the team,” he said. “This year, we had 18.” Of the roughly 30 students on Team 234, 11 were women. One of them, Miranda Goelz, was responsible for drive subsystem wiring and stress analysis, contradicting the common perception that engineering is an unappealing field for female students. Team 348 was a predominantly male team, Penn acknowledged. However, he pointed out, “Two of the women on our team, Chelly Nadeau and Heather Conway, were instrumental in the conception of the design, the evaluation of the different CAD models, and taking those ideas to prototyping and manufacturing.” Despite a momentary disconnect in their remote control, Team 217 (ThunderChickens) went on to become one of the three teams in an alliance that won the World Championship at FIRST; Team 234 (Cyber Blue) won the Autodesk Inventor Award; and Team 348 (Norwell Robotics) was a championship finalist. Kenneth Wong is Cadalyst’s executive editor. E-mail him at Kenneth. Wong at cadalyst.com. CAD software allows teams to experiment with the configuration of the assemblies and maximize what they can fit in the allotted space. “We had an artist on our team,” said Frankton. “She [Kari Kipela] did the storyboarding, then we just used the [primitive] shapes in the software to create the chicken and the egg.” July 2008 cadalyst www.cadalyst.com 17 http://ptc.com/go/tryout http://ptc.com/go/tryout http://www.cadalyst.com
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