The Meluza Machine¶
What is this Machine?¶
What it does…¶
- Invites you to press a button, reels you in, gets your hopes up…
- Blinds your eyes.
- Makes you confused.
What it does not do…¶
- Be helpful in any way.
- Be useful.
- Reflect your image.
How did we come up with this?¶
Elements we worked with¶
System Diagram¶
Schematic Diagram¶
The Coding Logic¶
Flow chart¶
Pseudocode¶
Assembling¶
Our first Prototype!¶
Preparing for laser¶
Refining the Prototype¶
Laser cutting the cardboard to test the measurements.
Offsetting the cutouts in Rhino for a tighter fit.
Building Meluza¶
Developing the Circuitry
Challenges with proximity sensor & blilnding sequence logic
Laser Cutting the Display (not shown on video)
“Embedding” the Circuitry
Iteration Process¶
Had to get rid of the back 3rd sheet concept because there was not enough acrylic.
While laser cutting on acrylic we lost the bottom holes.
Acrylic has different tolerances than cardboard so some components didn’t fit
Recut the LCD display hole. Sanded down the LED holes.
Creating a button from the capacitive touch sensor was TOUGH
LCD Display issues (contrast & robot symbols)
Last update: December 1, 2025