The Taco Box

For Cornell's rapid prototyping course, our team designed Taco Box: a proof of concept for a machine that could assemble a taco through a coordinated set of ingredient dispensers and mechanical stages. We began with physical prototyping requirements spanning circuitry, Arduino development, fabrication, 3D modeling, and assembly.

When COVID-19 moved the course online, the deliverable changed from a fabricated machine to a production-ready digital model. We translated our project proposal and parts list into a complete Fusion 360 assembly, documented component relationships, and prepared printable files. The result demonstrates the system we could validate remotely without claiming physical testing we were no longer able to complete.