Skate Carvers
This is a concept that has been developed for varying brands, themes, and scales. At its core, it’s an RC toy with two motors inside a leaning skater and an accompanying controller that mimics the motion of the skate deck lean.
The model was carefully balanced so the user could execute precise tricks.
By pressing the controller in a specific pattern, the skater model would execute a pre-recorded trick.
The controller can be used to recharge the skater model when the installed lipo battery runs low.
The figure utilized two tiny plastic gearbox motors. One drove the model forwards and backwards while the second leaned the deck for steering and moved the arms to keep the movement dynamic.
The controller used an off-the-shelf joystick module, and had replaceable AAA batteries and charging circuitry for the skater model. We created these exploded views along with BOMs to help the toy company properly cost the toy for their factory teams.
The figure would move to mimic the user's hand positioning on the mini-skate deck controller. Lean forwards or backwards to drive, and lean left to right in order to turn.