Hey guys,
I wanted to share something me and Christoph, his RPF username is "Prime" built within the past 6 weeks.
I don't really know if this is the right category for our first animatronic or even suitable for the rpf, but I felt it is the most fitting one, as our build is not really a replica but our own design. It is inspired by a lot of different movies, like of course Ghost in the Shell, Terminator, Star Trek, and different other ones though
Bit of background story on this one:
Around two months ago me and Prime had the opportunity to get an exhibition table at the maker faire vienna. Since we already participated last year, we thought, that we should do something new for this years exhibition.
Ghost in the shell was just in the cinemas, and of course we also found the tested video of Adam Savage showing the props and the geisha animatronic of the movie.
Well, and then a crazy idea took shape, and we decided to make our own take on the geisha.
Here's a video of the first movment test.
The basic info on the animatronic is:
Basically all the parts were 3d printed. The base was laser cut from acrylic glass. The body (until now) was a mannequin that we bought second hand.
A friend of us was so kind to 3d print all the parts for us, as both our printers were non functional at the time we started building it.
Then, within two weeks espescially Prime smoothed, sanded, colored and prepared the parts until they were not recognizable as 3d prints anymore.
And it really paid off!!
We received so much attention at maker faire, which we really didn't expect at all.
Over the course of 6 weeks we managed to make everything from design to servo layout and programming the arduino so the animatronic could be puppeteered via an Xbox controller.
AND now:
We wanted to make this animatronic as an open source project!
Within the next weeks, we will upload all the STL Files, the Arduino and Processing sketches, materials used, and electronics we bought, including a documentation on how we build everything.
Maybe, or hopefully this will be interesting to you guys, and help to build some by yourself
I will post the link here, as soon as we documented everything
Anyway, hope you enjoy our project!
and here's a work in progress video of its current state:
(still going to add music and voice over)
I wanted to share something me and Christoph, his RPF username is "Prime" built within the past 6 weeks.
I don't really know if this is the right category for our first animatronic or even suitable for the rpf, but I felt it is the most fitting one, as our build is not really a replica but our own design. It is inspired by a lot of different movies, like of course Ghost in the Shell, Terminator, Star Trek, and different other ones though
Bit of background story on this one:
Around two months ago me and Prime had the opportunity to get an exhibition table at the maker faire vienna. Since we already participated last year, we thought, that we should do something new for this years exhibition.
Ghost in the shell was just in the cinemas, and of course we also found the tested video of Adam Savage showing the props and the geisha animatronic of the movie.
Well, and then a crazy idea took shape, and we decided to make our own take on the geisha.
Here's a video of the first movment test.
The basic info on the animatronic is:
- 13 Servos used (3 main head movment, 2 for the eyes, 2 for the jaw and 6 for opening/closing the face)
- 1 Arduino
- 1 Xbox One Controller
- Processing sketch including a small UI for the controls
- lots and lots of cables, EL Wires, and RGB LEDs
- a ton of Putty, Primer, and Color
- many night shifts
Basically all the parts were 3d printed. The base was laser cut from acrylic glass. The body (until now) was a mannequin that we bought second hand.
A friend of us was so kind to 3d print all the parts for us, as both our printers were non functional at the time we started building it.
Then, within two weeks espescially Prime smoothed, sanded, colored and prepared the parts until they were not recognizable as 3d prints anymore.
And it really paid off!!
We received so much attention at maker faire, which we really didn't expect at all.
Over the course of 6 weeks we managed to make everything from design to servo layout and programming the arduino so the animatronic could be puppeteered via an Xbox controller.
AND now:
We wanted to make this animatronic as an open source project!
Within the next weeks, we will upload all the STL Files, the Arduino and Processing sketches, materials used, and electronics we bought, including a documentation on how we build everything.
Maybe, or hopefully this will be interesting to you guys, and help to build some by yourself
I will post the link here, as soon as we documented everything
Anyway, hope you enjoy our project!
and here's a work in progress video of its current state:
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