Arduino, Alexa etc.
I have completed a detailed guide to building your own animated WiFi doll just in time for Halloween!
In case you haven’t seen it, here it is in action…
Full details and videos on how to put together the doll and all the electronics are available here.
This is also an entry to the instructables Halloween competition so please vote for me, thanks!
In time for Halloween, an Arduino controlled, WiFi-enabled, creepy animated doll. The doll can be controlled manually using a mobile device or set to 1 of 3 automatic modes in order to surprise your friends! Enjoy the video below for now, more details to follow here shortly…
For now, the 3D printable parts to enable control of the eyes can be found here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3152317
The micro servos required to control movement of the head and eyes can be purchased here:
This weekends project, turn a creepy looking doll into an interactive Halloween prop!
First step, remove the head and attach a motor.
Two options were considered, a stepper (above) and a servo. I wanted the head to be able to turn 360 degrees but the stepper motor was too slow. Even though the servo can only rotate 180 degrees, the speed is good and it was also easier to attach so this is what I decided upon.
With the head back in the dolls body (thanks to a lot of hot glue!) it’s time to test, next up will be programming some sort of routine and maybe add some additional theatrics…
Adding a strobe using a transistor and animating specific moves…