Jamiroquai Robotic Helmet Build

[Calmac12]

Hi,

Thought I'd share some pics of a project I'm working on. Some of you may recognise it from the Automaton Jamiroquai Music video.
The base is made from 10mm thick Eva foam, it uses 15 servos and 85 neopixel leds, the blades are made from foam board and opaque plastic. It's all held together with hot glue.
I have buttons to control the blade movement. There are two Arduinos powering the thing, one for lights, one for the servos. There is a PCA board that lets me control multiple servos easily.

Let me know what you think, I'm now trying to hard solder everything together and make a hand controller. Cable management on this thing has been a nightmare!

Cheers

 

[flambisounours]

it work too for a super sayan haircut ^^

 

[MemorY]

Dude! That's incredible!!!!


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[Zinger]

That is crazy!

 

[insultcomicdog]

What's the rationale behind needing two seperate Arduinos? There's an adafruit library that allows you to control servos and neopixels concurrently. https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-and-servos/the-ticoservo-library Helmet looks great. I hope someone attempts this in CAD so we can try printing this helmet.


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[Laine]

What an amazing build.
I want to build one for myself and my son.
I have the time until November. Because whe're going to the concert.
Would love to see more details.

 

[Calmac12]

Hmm good point. I got it into my head early on I would have problems with the servos and neopixels. I'll give that library a try though it could simplify things nicely.

 

[Uridium]

Holy [words i probably cant say on the forum] that is amazing.

 

[Lowbeer]

This thing is so badass! I saw your Daft Punk build, but (pardon the massive understatement) that's "only" lights... is this your first time doing stuff with servos?

 

[Calmac12]

Thanks for the kind words guys! I've been fiddling around with servos for some time on RC cars and planes, this is the first big servo project for me however.
Ill put up some more pics when I have it completely finished, still some tidying up to do.

 

[Strode]

That's mad! Well done!

 

[J EM]

That is so ****ing cool! It's nothing short of awesome