The Cup Noodle Ramen Vending Machine is a creation made to make the simple things even simpler. See your ramen being made right before your eyes by using our app to place an order from one of our selection sliders. Our vending machine houses a two-axis gantry system that can deliver your choice of four ramen flavors, as well as hot water, and can provide ramen ready for you to enjoy.
Our goal for this project was to build an aesthetically pleasing method of dispensing ready-to-eat cup ramen to customers. We hoped to create something mechanically innovative with extensive modulability, allowing for customer customization. Our vending machine features a kettle for hot water dispensing, four cup ramen dispensers, a large gantry system, and wooden housing that still allows customers to witness the mechanical processes within our machine. Our website gives many customization options for ramen flavors and toppings and allows for a lot of customer interactivity.
Take a look into the different stages in our design process. From our first to our final design sprint, see how the pieces come together as we go from the ideation to the implementation of Olin’s #1 ramen vending machine.
PIE (originally POE), or Principles of Integrated Engineering, is an interdisciplinary class taught at Olin that emphasizes the importance of teamwork and flexibility in order to complete various projects in short periods of time. In this course, students practice analysis, design, construction, testing, and debugging of real electromechanical systems. Through a substantial multidisciplinary team project experience, students will apply those skills to engineering a complete mechatronic system of their own design. Every project will include a nontrivial mechanical system design, a nontrivial electronic system design, a microcontroller, and all hardware, firmware, and software components necessary for integration. Iteration is incredibly important, as the final project must be created in approximately 6 weeks in a series of 3 2-week sprints.
In this course, students will practice analysis, design, construction, testing, and debugging of real electromechanical systems. Through a substantial multidisciplinary team project experience, students will apply those skills to engineering a complete mechatronic system of their own design. Every project will include a nontrivial mechanical system design, a nontrivial electronic system design, a microcontroller, and all hardware, firmware, and software components necessary for integration.
