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Animatronic Mask

Animatronic Light
Animated

Animatronic controller
Make Controller

Animatronic on head
Setup when worn

Animatronic finished
Mask is modeled after the Horus guard from "Stargate"

Lafayette, CO - May, 2007
by Jerome Kelty

Project Description

Kelty designed and built simple animatronics using inexpensive hobby servos and the Make Controller kit.  The animatronic mask has a head that moves up and down, turns right and left, rotates and has eyes that light up.

"I wanted to create a animatronic head for a costume I'm constructing. I wanted it to be entirely self contained- no exposed wires, etc. and unlike many animatronics used in movies, I didn't want to use radio control due to complexity/control issues. I also couldn't afford a commercial animatronics controller."

Flex sensors, mounted onto a glove, provide analog input to contol movements of the hobby servos and lights.  To simplify the project, the Make controller is set to POLY mode, which requires no programing.

Read the complete how-to article here.