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The Yorick Project

A 3-axis talking skull turned into an Alexa voice services device via AlexaPi software, Raspberry Pi, and some other tools.

The Yorick Project

Mike McGurrin
24K

Bring down the technical and cost barriers of dynamic quadruped robot to a DIY pet.

Petoi Bittle

Rongzhong Li (李荣仲)
56K
Big Mouth Billy Bass + Alexa

Billy Bass and Alexa combine in this project to form a full bodied virtual assistant.

Big Mouth Billy Bass + Alexa

Ben Eagan
14K
RoboPup - Robotic Hand Puppet

I found this hand puppet on Etsy and thought it would make a good companion, so I built it into a robot to control it over the internet.

RoboPup - Robotic Hand Puppet

Brian Chamberlain
4.1K
Punk Rock Skeleton and Reaper Band motion sync

How to use Arduino to keep the Costco Punk Rocker Skeleton moving as long as the Lowes Reaper Band is playing music!

Punk Rock Skeleton and Reaper Band motion sync

Christopher Ault
1.7K
Animatronic Fox Head - Companion Bot

This animatronic fox can wiggle its ears, tilt its head and has animated eyes. All movement and animations play autonomously and at random.

Animatronic Fox Head - Companion Bot

Smalls
2.0K
A Puppy Named Toby, with Alexa Voice Control

Let's take the first steps in programming together and teach him to perform basic commands such as: stand, sit, lie, bark and sentry.

A Puppy Named Toby, with Alexa Voice Control

TECHNIC BROTHERS
2.0K
Wireless 3-Axis Skull Control via Motion Capture

Use Raspberry Pi's to do motion capture and wireless control a 3-axis skull in real-time.

Wireless 3-Axis Skull Control via Motion Capture

Mike McGurrin
1.7K
Scottish Terrier companion bot

Scott is your new travel companion that sits in any gym bag. It is able to turn its head left and right and bark at random people.

Scottish Terrier companion bot

Lary Lane
823
Halloween Greeting Talking Triceratops Skull

Make your Echo Dot a lot more interesting than a hockey puck.

Halloween Greeting Talking Triceratops Skull

grajohnt
5.3K
Birds

A STEM interactive animated project for BBC micro:bit part of the Art-a-Tronic interactive art project.

Birds

Enrico Miglino
2.1K
Bugboy!!!

A little device that frantically moves when objects move closer to it.

Bugboy!!!

lefthandsh8k
2.0K
Face With Animatronic Eyes, Motion Detection and Voice

Are you ready to create something both eerie and captivating?

Face With Animatronic Eyes, Motion Detection and Voice

Maker 101
1.7K
Breathing Mechanism for Animatronic Puppets & Companion Bots

Simulate realistic breathing inside your puppet or animatronic companion bot.

Breathing Mechanism for Animatronic Puppets & Companion Bots

Smalls
1.5K
Tvc15 Robot

Just a dapper robot with an LED face that looks around and waves.

Tvc15 Robot

lefthandsh8k
1.5K

As the "Canary in the coal mine" this Bird indicates the air quality, sitting on top or falling down.

CO2 Bird - an animatronic CO2 indicator

Infineon Team
1.1K
Remote Controlled Dalek (Doctor Who)

Build a spooky, interactive Halloween prop - with a tiny language model running on an ESP32 (yes, regular ESP32!).

Remote Controlled Dalek (Doctor Who)

Dmitry Maslov
1.1K
Bio-Mechanical Anatomical Hand Kinematics

Using a real 3D scan of the bones in the human hand, we have been given the building blocks with which we will create a working model.

Bio-Mechanical Anatomical Hand Kinematics

Jonny Poole
1.1K
Anime Robotica

Anime Robot platform makers can experiment with & provide innovative AI and vision capabilities that the community can develop on.

Anime Robotica

Mark Reichenbach
837
The Socks Hand

Decided to make a surprisingly tough hand with bits and pieces from around the shop and a handful of Servo Socks!

The Socks Hand

Dan
724
Big Mouth Billy Bass Personal Assistant - EDES301

Talk to your new desktop fish assistant about the weather, have him tell you a joke, or maybe get a story from his life in the water...

Big Mouth Billy Bass Personal Assistant - EDES301

Jackson Lieb
193
Making a Real Den Den Mushi (One Piece)

A real-life One Piece Den Den Mushi speaker whose mouth moves automatically in sync with any sound it plays.

Making a Real Den Den Mushi (One Piece)

Barqunics
16
KariPom β€” A Physical Face for PC-Based AI

KariPom lets the PC handle the AI, while it brings the voice to life with lip-sync, expressions, movement, and personality.

KariPom β€” A Physical Face for PC-Based AI

kariagepompadour
12
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