Rdog

...but seriously, what is this?

Put simply, our machine automatically cooks hotdogs by electrocuting them with over 1000 watts of raw electrical power. To go along with the shockingly well cooked hotdog, it toasts a bun by blasting it with a heat gun. Finally, it allows you to customize flavor by topping it off with your choice of condiments.

Why?

The first reason should be obvious - because we felt like it. The other reason, however, is more nuanced.

An unarguable trend in modern technology is the steady growth of automation. Every day is marked by the reduction of what humans need to do and an advance in what human creations can do. Our project stands as an example of the unrealized potential of this trend; we took a simple, time-consuming task and stripped it of the latter trait.

How?

One of the most important tenants of design in automation is reliability; as you may have noticed, we took this to heart. The frame of the machine is built from 80/20 and Derlin and has all the delicacy of a wrecking ball. Its intelligence, thankfully, exceeds that of a wrecking ball due an Arduino Uno that regulates the movements of the machine.

Hotdogs are fed in from the top and regulated by a stepper motor mounted to a set of 3D-printed sprockets. Once fed in, they are pinned on either side by bladed electrodes. A relay activates, and 1000 watts are passed through the hotdog; the unique cooking process heats the hotdog from the inside out within a few moments.The hotdog is then dispensed into the mouth of a hotdog bun - and, hopefully, into the mouth of a hungry user.

Built With

• 80/20
• a-lot-of-80/20
• arduino