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PIC Powered CNC Drill

November 23, 2011 by Chris
“Made from Dremel drill and drill press. I removed the bottom plate & mounted the column to the back with U-bolts. Acrylic is so easy to work with. It can be cut, drilled milled & glued and it’s very strong, doesn’t warp or break easily. The design is the same as the big PCB drills, the table moves, not the drill head. With the exception the real machine tables I’ve worked around ride on air.”

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Omnidirectional Monocular Vision (SLAM)

August 29, 2011 by Chris
If you're interested in computer vision, here's a project that can give you some ideas for the limitations and capabilities that one person can achieve. This student built SLAM for his graduate thesis and the outcome is quite impressive. The project write-up has a lot of video demonstrations, pictures and details on how it was made and how it works.

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Animatronic Neck [DIY]

August 25, 2011 by Chris
And now to finish off Robotics Week strong: This week, we're adding an Animatronic Neck to the grand Animatronic Head that we've been building. A Pan and Tilt system will be used with 2 servo motors actuating the system. Pictures and demo videos document the construction and testing process for the final chapter in PyroElectro's robotics month.

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Homemade Animatronic Mouth

August 19, 2011 by Chris
Continuing with the Animatronics Tutorials for August, this week brings us to Animatronic Mouths. The tutorial shows you two unique methods for building mouths. One mouth is articulated with a hobby servo and the other mouth uses a 16x2 LCD display. The process for building each type of mouth is detailed out with many pictures, descriptions and demonstrations.

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[DIY] Animatronic Eyes

August 11, 2011 by Chris
Ready for the next Animatronics Tutorial for robotics month? This week, we're building Animatronic Eyes using an improvised 2-axis gimbal system. Realistic robotic eyes are difficult to build but this pair of eyes creates quite a decent illusion. Pico/Micro Hobby Servos are used as actuators and standard MDF board for building material.


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DIY Animatronic Eyebrows

August 4, 2011 by Chris
Finally, Robotics Month is here! To celebrate, a host of Animatronics Tutorials will be released starting today: Animatronic Eyebrows. This tutorial gives you an intro to some basic animatronic terminology while also building a system capable of expressing emotion. Mini Hobby Servos are used as actuators and a microchip PIC 18F452 performs the digital control.

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Parallax Style – Animatronic Brain

August 3, 2011 by Chris
In a creepy looking monster twist here is a parallax powered animatron that actually has a brain. Aside from being able to move, blink and talk, this animatron has built in speech recognition. Check out the demo video and full article in the pdf.

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