Manufacturing Plan

Ideal Plan: The body and attachable parts would be made with plastic moulding. First the body would be moulded then the slots would be cut out with a mill. The plastic shell might not be strong enough, so there may have to be supports inside as well. The attachable parts would also be made with plastic moulding that can be inserted into the various slots on the body. These would be held in place by velcro on both the part and the body near the slot. The wheels would then be attached on the base of the body.

Other options for prototype: Because making a full scale functioning plastic mould may prove to be difficult for our prototype we plan on making the body out of plywood which we can cut into the specific shape we want. In this case we would have to cut out slices from the plywood sheets and laminate those together. Another option is to make the body out of foam, and have it be a solid prototype. The attachable parts would be made of foam, most likely on a CNC router.

If we make the body out of plywood, and the attachable parts out of foam, we'd need sheets of plywood (at most two), wood glue, blocks of foam, and screws, wheels, and velcro strips.
We'd need to use a CNC router.