3D Printed Wireless Joystick Controlled Animatronic Eyes
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- In this video, we’re going to be making a set of wirelessly controlled animatronic eyes. I’ve been wanting to do this project for a while, so when Quantum Integration launched their new Motor & Servo Driver board, this project immediately came to mind.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Visit my blog for the written build - www.the-diy-life.com/3d-print...
Visit Quantum Integration's site to have a look at their platform and products - quantumintegrate.com/
PURCHASE LINKS
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Quantum Integration Starter Bundle - amzn.to/3uqRfoe
Quantum Integration Motor & Servo Driver Board - quantumintegrate.com/pages/di...
6 Micro Servos - amzn.to/3E1wfYj
2 Universal Joints - amzn.to/376wXYd
M2 Screws & Nuts - amzn.to/3rfPDeQ
Cotton Thread - amzn.to/3KtapiB
Breadboard Jumpers - amzn.to/3E0PctZ
Equipment Used:
Creality Ender 3 V2 3D Printer - amzn.to/3E2wvpL
Electric Screwdriver Set - amzn.to/3JvrreR
Glue Gun - amzn.to/3jHyLd3
TS100 Soldering Iron - amzn.to/3IbQxPS
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:43 Designing & 3D Printing The Components
1:42 Assembling The Eyes
4:17 Adding The Electronics
6:57 Creating The App & Firmware
7:48 Testing The Eyes
9:22 Final Thoughts
If you've got any ideas for Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or other Electronics projects or tutorials you'd like to see, let me know in the comments section. - Věda a technologie
What a great project! Nice work Michael!
Another great video Michael cameras in the eyes would finish this project. Looking forward to your 3d files being shared so I can possible try keep up the good work your projects just keep on impressing
Yeah it would be awesome to try to incorporate a Pi camera into each eyeball.
Thanks, Michael! I'd like to see a video on your ideas around wearable electronics and biohacking.
Would love any more home security-related content!
Great work Michael! These eyes would look great imbedded in one of those renaissance paintings on your wall!! 😂
Video idea: 4-DOF robot arm… maybe even attach a camera to the head!
Haha that would be awesome, and a bit creepy. Thanks for the suggestion!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!
I got something completely different from this video than it's intent but I am trying to make a glamrock freddy head and couldn't figure out a good system to make his eyeballs themselves go up and down as well as side to side. I was over complicating it and thinking of servos in another orientation when all it took was another servo just like the side to side except with strings up and down. I feel so dumb not thinking of that but so happy I figured it out through your video
This is how advanced Tesla Bot is so far
Great video, I would love to see a tutorial that involves multiple sensors and maybe some voice controlled robotics!
That's really clever, using a universal joint as the mounting point, rather than engineering up some sort of armature yourself. nice!
Thanks Scott, it really works well
the mad scientist back at it!
You need a rgb led in each eyeball to show emotions
Would love to see more sensor/home monitoring applications.
It's one thing to learn how to use this stuff when it's already made for you and available but who the hell invents this stuff from scratch with nothing and gets it to work. Crazy
Awesome ! No go create a robot arm !
Great video, love seeing your builds! I would love to see some more automation videos such as plants growing etc. or would love a follow up on your pi cluster and practical applications using Rancher etc.
Thanks for the suggestions Gavin, I'm hopefully going to be doing another Pi cluster video in the coming few weeks.
Hey Gavin, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
You should have it blink automatically with the option to trigger it manually. Great project. I like the stop motion kind of look with the stepping.
How about an outdoor light, solar powered lipo battery, but wifi controlled via Alexa/Siri/google
Glad I peeped your video!
Man, Would have loved it if the Quantum Tech was available in South Africa. Great Job. Keep up the good work.
Hopefully soon, I hear Amazon is making plans to expand into South Africa.
I've been working on a hand exoskeleton for the past couple of months and you could definitely use the quantum integration kit to control it. I've been using a rag-tag bunch of electronics that I scavanged from older projects but having a cohesive control set would make things easier.
Thanks for the suggestion Ritwik. They've made something similar if you'd like to check it out: czcams.com/video/4DGhhf7y3hY/video.html&t
@@MichaelKlements Looks like a cool project, seems like a simplified version of the shadow robots.
The project I'm working on is a powered hand exoskeleton that helps differently-abled people perform normal tasks like picking up objects and opening doors.
Hey Ritwik, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
You could bring those Eyes a Step further by having an AI with Face Recognition. The eyes could following the Person in front of it and may randomly blink.
That's a great idea. I thought about adding another sensor to them as well, like having them partially or fully close the eyelids if you shine a torch on them, or look towards the source of a sound.
Very nice tutorial. I would like to see more about how to create a spider bot using a bluetooth controller.
That's definitely a project that I'd like to try as well, thanks for the suggestion
Great video! I love the way you combine many different skill areas into your projects. For your next project, consider building a mouth using the leftover outputs. You could have Smile, Frown, and neutral expressions.
Thanks a great idea, thanks Bob
Hey Bob, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
Great video. Just a thought for the future. Maybe some small springs instead of the cotton thread. then you could use a ball bearing instead of the coupler. As for a future video, I am hoping that one day soon we will be able to use individually adressable LEDs. That would be a great video. An extra kit would be awesome. The kids fight over the one they have. Keep the videos coming!
Hey Mar Zan, thanks for the tips and suggestions. Please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
Excellent tutorial Michael!
My suggestion is a wireless postbox monitor - could be solar powered like some of your other projects. Monitor status and report post drop. Could even have digital no junk mail sign +/- camera for real-time surveillance.
A few people have asked me to do something similar over the past few months, so I'll definitely give this one some thought.
Hey Max, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
This project looks really fun! I am a huge fan of your Raspberry Pi cases and I think that a nice idea would be a short course on how to design a case to be 3D printed. If not a full explanation video, as it could get really long, how about one with tips for those who want to try and design a case themselves?
Thanks for the suggestion Costas. I hadn't thought of doing a design tutorial, that's a nice idea.
Great video. Suggestion for the next one could be an automated door that can unlock, open, close then lock, my wife is disabled and something like this would help greatly with her independence but existing systems are hugely expensive, a low cost DIY setup would be ideal
Thanks for the suggestion James
Hey James, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
Great project! Wondering if the eyes could be controlled via input from distance/ light or sound sensors?
I'd love to see some kind of web integration (maybe for the googley eyes) where you can cantrol them through a web browser or simmilar
Thanks for the suggestion. One of the strengths of the Quantum Integration system is the ability to create neat web dashboards to visualize and control your projects.
Fun project - Maybe add it to RC car with cameras in the eyes, so you can have VR look at the world as your drive.
Thanks for the suggestion Richard
Nice for halloween :)
I want it. Lol
You should look into getting realistic eye balls.
Thanks for the Video and work.
I actually ordered some realistic ones and then decided to go the 3D printed route so that it's a bit easier for others to replicate. I might put together a "short" with the realistic ones installed.
Nice Video! Would really love the starter bundle :) I think you should add a mouth! You had 2 extra motor slots left, right? You could use that for opening/closing and tilting (sad/happy) the mouth! :D
That's a nice idea. Yes there are two additional servo outputs on the board, so that would work quite well.
Great video. Suggestion for the next one: I would love to see if you could make a tutorial showing how to make those eyes detect sound in a room and look towards the sound and act like the eyes are listening.
That's a nice idea, thanks for the suggestion!
Hey Deadly Dave, please contact me at klements.m@gmail.com in relation to the Quantum Integration giveaway
Great Video!
Can you build a small greenhouse for the windowsill, which is completely controlled and monitored via a Raspberry Pi or a Arduino.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Maybe adda mechanical iris to the pupils, to give it more exspressions :)
That's a nice idea, thank you!
that's nice. have you ever thought of putting individual wireless cameras into each eyes? that would be awesome...
It would be great to experiment with using these two cameras to generate a "depth of field" or "3D map" of what is being seen.
Video Idea: Build an Esp or Arduino based clock, that shows the time with some form of a LED Matrix or as an word clock.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Ah what a nice stuffs you have there nice video 👍
Thank you!
What are the printer laser cutter and tools you use? Soldering screwdriver..
Great video! Could you make a 3 axis wireless camera slider for mobile and dslr camera.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I have found dental floss works best for high tensile strength. It takes a lot to break. And you can always double the strands to make it stronger.
Thanks a great idea, thanks David.
Thanks for the video.
Is it possible to build a multi-function outdoor pi camera.
A time lapse camera that can be interrupted by a motion detection without stopping the time lapse. It could also feature a timed exposure.
Thanks
Thanks for the suggestion Richard
Video Idea: A slim, wall-mounted mirror/display which gives information like weather, energy usage, time, and/or any other integration with the IoT devices you have set up.
For bonus points, this could be interactive through touch screen, or have a 3-D like display.
Thanks for the suggestion!
How about adding a sensor such that the eyes can follow a person and blink every 20 - 30 seconds
That's a nice idea, thank you Robert.
Podiras decirme cual es el software que utlizaste para el diseño de los componentes de tu proyecto?
I use Fusion360
Looks nice, but since the servos use stepper motors the movement is choppy and unregular... not that good then.
They're not stepper motors, I think the choppy movement has to do with the way in which the information is transmitted to and from the server.
Hi, I'm thinking about buying a 3d printer to do stuff like this. What is a relatively cheap 3d printer that works well enough to print stuff like this?
A Creality Ender 3 or Ender 3 V2 is a good budget starter printer.
Pitty that this is not the first one and the others are giving away their the code and STL files so what makes yours unique
This isn't intended to be "better" than anyone else's design, it's just my take on it.
Funny stuff ))
Video idea: 5exis Roboter arm
Thanks for the suggestions Lian
Can you please help me work with some that I can put in a chucky doll
There are a lot of models available online for slightly more compact versions that would probably work better for a chucky doll.