Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Create a twisted dreams screaming skull with these DIY Animatronics

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You're the kind of person who would love to have the Animatronic Gary Coleman on your shelf face pudgy, swear like a sailor on your guests during the roller skate around your basement, dressed in skin-tight rubber suit and singing reggae infused covers Coldplay? If you said "absolutely!" read on.

This DIY shows you how to make a googley eyes move, real, mouth and eyebrows. Microcontroller handles servo controls and ensures that your creation reacts like a robot and not as something out of the Hall of Presidents.

You can see the plans for the Pyrolectro example, you can also make strange staring POTUS motors, cardboard and wire. Complete tutorial includes sections on all the relevant parts. Here are two examples of work are below.


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