Robotics/Animatronics
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The Source Missile tank
Well-
IR illuminator / Laser rangefinder / Camera / Turret elevation actuator
BUT-
440MHZ transciever-
OK, so this is one sweet teleprecsience vehicle. With at least a half mile control radius, I can navigate it at a remote station using the video camera, find a target (even in the dark), lock on it with the laser rangefinder and FIRE!! Only plastic darts, of course... ‘bear scares’ never entered my mind.
Still, I hate the tank tread motor s(too noisy) and am considering some kind of
high voltage defense for those goofs that just can’t leave the thing alone on the
street. (but I can understand-
Errol the Dragon
Errol has evolved WAY beyond what I intended-
And he’s stuffed with as much electronics, servos, sensors and lights as I can afford.
The dragon has two processor boards (one in the head and another in the tail). The eyes, brows, ears, tail and snout move as per programmed routines.
The mouth movement and head angle( gyro) basically select the program that controls the movements, although the tail has accelerometers that also get used as input. A loud sound or light flash starts a ‘surprised’ reaction routine.
Now, the lighting is amazing-
Last thing is temperature control-
Am I having fun or what?? But you know, this only raises a whole set of new ideas-
Servo wiring and fibre optics inside the head
Head processor
Vancoufur and FE Panels Some tips we mentioned... more coming soon
Tiny, bright and cheap LED strings-
Note: You can use the same wiring technique for single LEDs from Xmas strings.
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Robotyrannus
He's so cute, I couldn't resist...
I started to play with his insides and build a PIC based IR transmitter for him to chase down, but other projects slid in there and I only breadboarded something together. I hope to get back to him one day though...
Disco lights from dollar store make great eyeball globes for about 5 bucks... You get 2 eyes, and 2 led lights for them and some extra motor parts. Just separate the halves with a knife blade (they come apart quite easily) extract the LED board from the spinner. You can either use the flasher chip(black epoxy blob), or cut the board in half and just wire to the LEDs.
Rave Belt
This thing changes colour with the music_ WOW! Hypnotic to watch.
Build it yourself with stuff from IKEA, The Source and Princess auto