This document provides guidance for students to research a robot character design challenge. It instructs students to identify sources of information, constraints for their design including that it must be a robot, and gather inspiration from how others have solved similar problems. Students are asked to consider the needs of their audience, which will be rated G, and design qualities their audience would want in a robot character.

1. STAGE 2
RESEARCH
ROBOT CHARACTER
DESIGN CHALLENGE

2. OBJECTIVE
STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW TO
RESEARCH A DESIGN PROBLEM

3. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
- GATHER INFORMATION TO FUEL YOUR IDEAS -
STEP 1 STEP 2
Identify Sources Gather inspiration

4. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
BEGIN BY WRITING YOUR DESIGN STATEMENT BELOW:
IDENTIFY YOUR CONSTRAINTS:
CONSTRAINT 1 (Primary characteristic) Robot
CONSTRAINT 2 (Physical characteristic) ______________________
CONSTRAINT 3 (Personality trait) ______________________

5. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
GUIDING QUESTIONS
What are the needs How have others
and/or wants of our solved similar
audience? design problems?

6. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
STEP 1
SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES ON OUR CLASS WEBSITE.
IDENTIFY SOURCES
IDENTIFY RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP YOU ANSWER THE GUIDING QUESTIONS.
SOURCE IS IT HELPFUL? WHAT MAKES THIS SOURCE HELPFUL?
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7. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 1 - “ROBOT”
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 1:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 2:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

8. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 1 - “ROBOT”
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 3:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 4:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

9. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 2 - _______________________________
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 1:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 2:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

10. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 2 - _______________________________
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 3:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 4:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

11. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 3 - _______________________________
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 1:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 2:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

12. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
CONSTRAINT 3 - _______________________________
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION SOURCE 3:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?
How have others
solved similar design
problems?
SOURCE 4:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE? WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THIS SOURCE INSPIRES YOU?

13. RESEARCH THE DESIGN PROBLEM
STEP 2
GATHER INSPIRATION WHO IS OUR AUDIENCE? KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR MOVIE WILL BE RATED “G”
What are the needs
and/or wants of our
audience?
WHAT QUALITIES WILL YOUR AUDIENCE WANT TO SEE IN ORIBTER?
FROM YOUR RESEARCH, WHAT SOURCES DO YOU FEEL HAVE INCORPORATED THESE QUALITIES IN THEIR WORK?