Thank you to WHO-TV and Erin Kiernen for this feature on our Engineering, Technology, and Robotics team working to adapt Nerf guns for all to enjoy.
WAUKEE, Iowa — Engineering students at Waukee APEX have created everything from adaptive toys for Blank Children’s Hospital to automated inspection systems for Accumold.
“We work with non-profits and businesses and we gain skills and knowledge and they gain the projects we work on,” explains recent graduate Adi Hazan, “so it helps both of us.”
They’ve never built anything quite like their most recent project – a wheelchair-mounted, modified Nerf blaster. Read more
Interested in the files to create your own adapted Nerf blaster? They are free for download here:
3d printed part files:
- button_mount_v6: button_mount_v6.stl
- light_switch_mount_v4: light_switch_mount_v4.stl
- (optional) rear_panel_mount_v1: rear_panel_mount_v1.stl