The Armor-dillo!

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  an example of the scales used for our armour

Inspiration

The armadillo!

What it does

Our solution aims to reduce injuries caused during high-intensity sports such as MotoGP and off-road cycling, as they have a lot of potential for injury at the elbow and knee.

How we built it

We used PLA to print out hexagons on top of a mesh fabric for flexibility, with a ball joint mechanism for the scales to attach. All parts were designed in Autodesk Inventor.

Challenges we ran into

We faced problems with material selection, as the printers available to us only printed with PLA, whereas ideally we would like to have used TPU for prototyping. This caused some problems with the model, and led to us having to make several iterations of the same part.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are especially proud of our innovative design!

What we learned

We learned about the properties of the armadillo, and how to use tools on Autodesk Inventor that we had never had to use before. We also learned about material properties of various filaments and of materials we could use for the Armor-dillo in the future.

What's next for The Armor-dillo!

We would like to adapt our design for different joints around the body, as current our design can only be used on the elbows. In addition, we would like to use carbon fibre as the material for the scales as it is lightweight and very strong, and makes for really good armour.

Built With

• autodesk
• blender