Week 1, Lab 2: Primitive Robot.
Process of creating the primitive robot for me I start from the top to the bottom. Starting from the head, by creating a sphere which same goes to the eyes of the robot. Then followed by the ears that I just have to create one side and duplicate it for the other side. After duplicating, I just have to set their placing of "Translate X" as the negative of the original so I don't have to go through the trouble to manually place it inline. Then followed by the body parts (shoulders, hand and leg parts), same method as for the ears too, only with different primitive shapes.
Process of creating the modified robot, Botzy, is just adding the party hat then the hula hoop to make it look more funky and friendly. Adding prism to Botzy's chest make it look more attractive rather than the plain original robot.
Botzy is created to entertain and bring smile to people around him, he will entertain them by dancing with his hula hoop around his waist and also party dancing with the party hat on.
Dancing music will be played from the prism at his chest too. The spring shape that connects his body to his waist will allow him to bounce around coordinating with his dance moves and the music.
This will make people feel at ease with the music and will feel like dancing together with him too, to release the stress they are feeling. Botzy is very user-friendly robot and also caring about others.
Reflection: This is my first time modeling something on Maya. I think it is quite fun when handling with the tools on Maya and learning the functions of the mouse button etc. It gets interesting when I get to modify the original robot to my own creation of robot and I felt proud for my first achievement in Maya.
