Animatronics
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HTTP 418 (Proof of Concept)
If you’ve browsed the internet for a while, you’d prolly be familiar with the HTTP status code “404 Not found” but have you ever come across “418 I’m a teapot“? This code was an April Fool’s joke that got codified into the protocol and it inspired me to make a voice assistant in a teapot that only replies in HTTP status codes. Utah Teapot The choice of teapot models to use had only one obvious answer. The Utah teapot is a standard reference test model used in 3D modelling and is used as an in-joke in the computer graphics community.…
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Animatronic Crow
Inspired by Mr Chicken’s Animatronic Raven, I created set out to create an animatronic crow of my own. At time of writing as well as when I was researching for the project, his DIY kit for it is sold out. Prototype For the outer shell of the shell, Mr Chicken uses a vacuum formed shell to minimize weight without sacrificing detail or strength. Unfortunately, not only did I not have access to a vacuum former, I also did not have a 3D model let alone a buck to form over. As my 3D sculpting skills were not quite up to…
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4 DoF Eye Mechanism
When Will Cogley released a no hardware version of his animatronic Eye Mechanism, I tried to printing it to no success. While my printer is not the most accurate machine, I was disappointed to find that not only did the printed components not fit together but the servos wouldn’t fit into the huge base piece. Another pile of parts straight into the recycle bin. If I wanted to make an eye mechanism, I’d had to design one myself and if I were to design it myself, there were a few changes I wanted to make on top of having wider…