Week 6

This week we added the final touches to our robots. This meant we could add more buttons or wires to the robot to make it even more unique. I decided to add pieces of wire on each side of the buttons so it would look like a seem line or suspenders. Myself and Hocine also added ears to our robots using small bits of wood, and hair using furry bits of fabric. Lastly Hocine wanted to add feet to his robot using small blocks of wood. We then stuck them to the end of the feet and painted them green. This made the robots look the best they could.

After we finished decorating the robots we had to make the stand to support the robot. This involved us sanding down 2 pieces of small wood and 1 long piece of wood. When they were all sanded down we had to get the hot glue gun and stick the small pieces onto the long piece. Once they were all stuck together we had to go to the drill and drill one hole in the very centre.

One thing I learnt in this class was how to use the drill. I will be able to use this skill in the Construction Design module and maybe in subjects such as Technology if I choose to do it. I found it difficult to know how far to put the drill into the stand as I didn't want it to go too far or not far enough but once I got the hang of it, it was grand.

I was very pleased that we got to finish making our robots and that we are now almost finished making the stand. I can't wait to see what the whole thing is like when it's complete. I was also pleased that Hocine really liked how his robot turned out.

Week 5

Today we had to finish painting the robot and we had to put it altogether. First we finished painting the body and arms of Hocines robot green and then it was time to glue everything. This meant we had to glue the head and the legs to the body so that it would start to actually look like a robot. When we finished that we got to pick different things to add to the robot. This included buttons, wire, fabric etc. For Hocine's robot he picked 2 big red and white buttons for the eyes and a small piece of wire for the smile. I then made a dickie bow using felt and a button and gave it to Hocine for his robot. I also made one for my robot too. He then picked 3 different buttons to place on the robots body so it would look like he was wearing a shirt. For my robot I did the exact same, 2 buttons as eyes, a piece of wire for the mouth and 3 buttons to stick to the body. We used the hot glue gun to stick all this on so they were very secure and sturdy.

I found thinking of things to add to the robot a bit difficult as you wanted your robot to be unique but you had to put in a lot of effort for that to happen and we didn't have the time to do that. I also found it a bit difficult to get Hocine involved in gluing the buttons on as we had to use the hot glue gun which meant you had to have a very steady hand.

I was very pleased with how our robots looked at the end of the class and it was really nice to see everyone's robots becoming their own. Now it's really easy to tell whose is whose.

I learnt that I am a bit more creative than I think as mine and Hocine's robots were the only ones with dickie bows and that was my idea. I also learnt how to use a hot glue gun without burning my fingers.

I will bring my creative skills to subjects like Art and Music in the future and when I get to do these subjects in TY.