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Learn effective techniques to create realistic animatronics without the need of expensive equipment!
In our first video we demostrated the
entire process of building a radio controlled
mechanical mask. However, the eye mechanism
created was extremely simple and only involved
left/right eye movement and upper lid blink.
Because the realism of an animatronic
character depends greatly on the animation
of the eyes, sometimes it's necessary to design
something more complex which can imitate the
natural eye and eyelid movement more
effectively. The mechanism created in this video
involves 2 axis eye rotation and blinking is
achieved with the movement of both the upper
and lower eyelids. But the most interesting thing
about this design is that the eyelids follow the
eyes when they look up and down. The entire
assembly requires only 3 servos. We will also
take a look at AutoCAD 10 software to design
our mechanics.
Most of the parts created are not metal, so
no machining skills are required.
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