This is an awesome idea and incredible craftsmanship. It would be pretty cool if Disney had stared cranking out these miniatures of their most popular animatronics and sold them in the park. Would love to see a replica of the Stitch Animatronic in this size.
Outstanding job. That is one of my favorite props I've been wanting to try replicating for a Halloween prop but never did attempt it. This gives me hope that I could try and get a small amount of movement into it. Love your work.
Absolutely amazing! Astounding to see something with that much life at that scale it looks incredible! I know some 3D modeling and a bit about casting but nothing electronics. That though is my dream to be able to make incredible things like that! Excited to see what you do next man!
I hope you don't mind me asking, for his neck rotation what what did you use to connect the servo gear to the shaft, also for his wrist gears, I have those servos but never got to splicing the wires did you splice them or find a connection adapter?
I'm glad you're asking :) I basically used the center part of a servo horn (with teeth to hold on to the servo gear) and cut off the rest. This part is then simply glued to another 3D printed part which has clamps to hold on to the shaft. And about the wrist servos: I found some with a standard JR connector which was plug-and-play since I was using a PCA9685 PWM board, but cutting off a JST connector and replacing it with a JR connector should also be fine.
@@timhendriks93 Sorry for the late reply but could I ask you more about the arms. I'm planning on using those servos in a FNAF animatronic and knowing any of the weights of the parts will help greatly.
@@vomitedthoughts No problem, I didn't really care or think about the weights as I was building my animatronics on a rather small scale and used 3D printed parts. Therefore, I honestly have no idea how much the arms or the individual parts weigh. But in general the less the parts weigh, the easier it is to animate and move them.
This is definitely a cool project and an epic undertaking for one person. For someone like me who doesn't know animatronics well at all, what is the factor that causes the jittery shaking effect? Something about control in only one direction, or slop in the joints maybe? Very impressive work.
Thanks, I think the shaking is something that will always happen with cheaper hobby servos. You are limited to tell those servos which position to go to and they will move there as quick as possible. To get a somewhat fluent movements, you have to update these position values in smaller steps. This is exactly why I really want to work with more professional robot servos in the future as they are much smarter in how they can be controlled, hopefully resulting in an even smoother movement. The downside however is that those servos are also larger and so far I limited myself to smaller builds in order to save space.
@@timhendriks93 Very clear, thanks for the response! I wonder, there must be some kind of dampening structure that could be designed in the power transfer arrangement that could account for some of that. A lot of trial and error I guess. Or maybe the joints could be tensioned somehow in both directions (like a bicep/tricep rubberband) so there is always a centering tendency that wouldn't allow things to jolt as quickly into and out of each new position the servo jumps to. Or maybe would make it worse. Hah I know, not helpful, just fun to brainstorm as an outsider. Cheers!
Wowwww! This is crazy!! Can you integrate servos and other motors into Blender? Or were you just animating it in Blender as a reference to program the motors? You are VERY talented AND skilled my friend.. Truly inspiring!
@@BJamesThompson thanks for the big compliment! I'm using Blender to export the animation data in a way I can control the motors accordingly. This is achieved with a custom Blender add-on about which I also made a video a couple years ago: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.htmlsi=T2i9GqjBt5Ezxg_J
This is amazing and inspiring to see. One thing that I was curious to see was how you would go about routing the wires to the base. Though I’m guessing all that was needed for that was the lines for power as it seemed like most of the electronics are already in the animatronic, although I didn’t quite see where you ended up putting the Arduino nano. Also, what those tiny servo potentiometers? For the voice, did you record the audio from the attraction or did you recreate it? These animatronics are amazing to see and I can’t get enough of them. It’s made me want to try to attempt it myself, if I ever get to it, eventually(hopefully).
Thank you! The micro controller (an ESP32) is located in the box beneath the actual animatronic, while the servo control board (PCA9685) is located in Jack's belly so to speak. This allowed me to reduce the amount of cables coming out of the box to 4 (Power +/- and RX/TX for the control signals) which are hidden behind one of the chair's legs. I guess with 'tiny servo potentiometers' you mean the linear servos I used for his wrists: www.amazon.de/dp/B07QJ58Z4S And the audio is extracted from this video here: ua-cam.com/video/LJFPPoGTPGI/v-deo.html
Amazing! I tried my first little animatronic and found that having the arduino too close to the servos caused the servos to jump and skip about. Is it normal to have to place the arduino further away from the servos to avoid this interference?
Thanks a lot ☺️ I haven't experienced any issues when putting servos close to the microcontroller. Maybe this issue is more related to the wiring? Putting the servos closer could also mean that the cables need to bend more.
Hi, quick question. How would you go about hooking up the arduino movements and signals to the audio file your using? is there a way to integrate the audio with the servo movements? I use VSA to do this with my animatronics, but I don't know if you can convert the blender movements in VSA. So what is your take to putting audio with the arduino movements?
So far I've used a cheap audio module (DFPlayerMini) to trigger the audio as soon as I start the animation. Other than that, there is not really anything to sync the movements to the audio, but in my case this was already sufficient. I'm about to release an Arduino library which is designed to work with my Blender add-on. It will also include an example where you can see how I use a button to change the animation modes (and also control the audio).
@@timhendriks93 So that means you can sync the exact file in blender when you animate it in the software, and then use the audio module to start exactly when the arduino program starts the movements. That's actually good to know.
I assume you're referring to the inner structure which is looking like metal? In that case you're right in assuming that it's 3D printed, I just used a shiny filament to give it that look 😂
The eyes were 3D printed, sanded, colored and then given a coat of epoxy resin. There's a very nice video about this technique by Will Cogley: ua-cam.com/video/RqZRKUbA_p0/v-deo.html
I'm happy to share it with you for free: www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackChair.blend Keep in mind that the blend file contains multiple individual parts that you might have to combine before printing.
Thanks and sure, I usually search for power supplies on Amazon which have enough amperage for the amount of servos I have in a particular build. This also depends on the type of servo you need to power. My Jack Sparrow animatronic mainly contains micro servos which don't draw a lot of current compared to the high torque servo which moves the chair. For that reason I'm also powering the latter separately and not via the PCA9685 PWM driver module. So for example, I would search for a 5V 10A power supply on Amazon like this one: amzn.to/3SZxJKw Depending on your needs you might want to go for a higher amperage or even a higher voltage which you might need for some high torque servos.
This is awesome! I wish i stumbled onto this project earlier. Great job! I did not see this question posted yet, but are you able to release the STL files that were used for 3d printing? The arduino code possibly too? This is so realistic, great job. I love everything about this video...
Thanks for the kind words :) I usually don't keep all the STL files, but I can share my Blender files with you: www.tim-hendriks.com/files/Jack.blend (the figure itself) www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackSparrowAnimatronic.blend (the animation using the other blend file) To open the latter file, the first one needs to be placed in the same location so that the file linkage can work. To manage the code project, I'm using PlatformIO and can also share my project directory: www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackCode.zip The main code itself is pretty short and simple as I'm relying on my Blender Servo Animation Arduino library.
@@timhendriks93 thank you so much for sharing. I know blender enough to sculpt, but never made motion in it before. No time like the present to learn lol Thanks again, I have been building smaller animations and animatronics but always wanted more life. Willexfx took it to another expensive level, I am very intrigued by the smaller servos and hiding everything in a 2’ tall character. Thanks sir!
@@timhendriks93 This is awesome, thank you. I'd never thought to use Blender for this sort of thing but it makes sense now that I've seen how you do it.
Thanks, it's actually all done in Blender, an open source 3D creation suite. The lights are not actually a part of the build, I just set something up for recording the video. If you're interested you can have a look at one of my other videos where I show how I animate my animatronics with Blender: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.html
Thanks, I don't have an actual tutorial yet, but I highly encourage you to check out my new Arduino library: github.com/timhendriks93/blender-servo-animation-arduino It is designed to work with my Blender Add-on and also contains some examples to do exactly what you mentioned.
My animatronics are a result of many trials and errors. Unfortunately, I don't know about a specific course which combines all the various aspects of a DIY animatronic. However, for me it worked fine to watch tutorials of different aspects such as controlling servo motors with Arduino, 3D modeling and 3D printing. There is no right or wrong, my suggestion is to start small and gradually move forward 😊
What did you power your Arduino with for this project? Also, how did you use it? I noticed that your power source plugs into a wall and is powered on with a switch.
I use a simple 5V 10+A (depending on the project) power supply unit, like this one: www.amazon.com/dp/B074YHN8D1 The switch is called a C14 inlet plug: www.amazon.com/dp/B082ZFRV1B After these components are connected, I can connect a micro controller, modules and servo power cables to the supply unit.
Amazing!! I’ve always been inspired by your animatronic videos, it makes me want to do imagineering even more. I was thinking about doing some too but I’m entirely new to blender and using it with servos. Do you have any resources you can point me toward to help learn?
Thanks, not sure if you've already seen it, but I made another video on how to use Blender to animate animatronics: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.html If you refer to using Blender and servos in general, I would search for some tutorials on UA-cam. At least that's what I mainly used to learn about all these different topics step by step.
@@aboabo289 Sure and exactly, there is a push rod coming up from the box which lifts the chair. It's the chair's right leg that is being pushed, so you can barely see it since the treasure chest is in front of it.
Wow, Tim, Jack turned out great. My 3D printer is down right now so I am unable to work on the version of the Phhatm I want to get working. A Question can run more than servos than 16? Tim Lewis
A motion ramp is basically adding an acceleration and deceleration curve to a servo between its position points. It helps to get rid of motion jitter and provide fluid like motion.
@@mr.e.484 Thanks for clarifying, I wasn't aware that you are referring to the animation. In that case the answer is yes, by default Blender will generate a curve for the motion / animation between two keyframes. But even then I'm facing some limits with these cheaper servos. Especially slow movements end up in some jitter, as the motion resolution just isn't as good as with more professional (and larger) robot servos.
@@timhendriks93 You're welcome Tim. If you are looking for better servo's but at the same scale, look into agfrc servo's. They are what I use for my animatronics. They are programmable, fast and extremely accurate. So no jitter.
Hey, do you by any chance have the model of the chair he sits on for download or anything? I would like to 3d print one for my desk. if you don't, or don't want to give it away that's perfectly fine, don't feel bad if you don't! :) also amazing work on the animatronic! :) have a good day!
Thanks a lot! To be honest, I think those are really cool, but as a European I didn't even have a chance to experience one of them yet. But you never know ;)
congratulations on the project! I really want to make some animatronics of some heavy metal characters, at first I want to make eddie from iron maiden, and it seems to me that I can use the same structure that you use in your projects, you can share this structure in 3d from blender of this pirate ? and I also wanted to learn how to make this silicone mask, on Eddie I'll need it, and as for the location of the servos, I also have doubts, a video with these details would be good.
I used two 3W 4Ω speakers via a PAM8403 amplifier which I connected to the DFPlayer. The result is of course a somewhat moderate sound quality, but I was still very impressed given the small size of the speakers.
@@timhendriks93 Finally started working on the project again. When plugging in the amplifier, I get a weird static and popping noise. Did you ever experience this?
@@aboabo289 I also experienced some noise issues, but in the end it really depends on the exact model of the amplifier and how your specific circuit is put together. However, maybe this video can be a good starting point to fix your issue: ua-cam.com/video/tqf3Ubna_3k/v-deo.html
Hi tim I love your recreation maybe is it a nice idea to make a recreation of one of the birds of vogelrok at the Efteling the birds broke down a few years ago and arent able to move anymore. In different UA-cam video’s you can see the birds move!
Thanks, I still have to think about it, but I kind of want to upgrade my Phantom with the same neck mechanism and improve his animation with my updated Blender add-on. But when it comes to an entirely new project I'm also interested in experimenting with the disc cam mechanism which was used and improved a lot by Efteling (e.g. their Fata Morgana animatronics).
Unfortunately not, but I've also thought about an animatronic kit which would allow me to share some hands-on experience with my animatronic techniques.
This is an awesome idea and incredible craftsmanship. It would be pretty cool if Disney had stared cranking out these miniatures of their most popular animatronics and sold them in the park. Would love to see a replica of the Stitch Animatronic in this size.
Outstanding job. That is one of my favorite props I've been wanting to try replicating for a Halloween prop but never did attempt it. This gives me hope that I could try and get a small amount of movement into it. Love your work.
Fantastic Tim - it's absolutely brilliant and great to see the process in how it came together.
It looks amazing and terrifying at the same time
WAW I saw your little appearance in the fastpass facts'video and I was hyped to see this animatronic !
Awesome !
This is amazing and very inspiring. I love the behind scenes of the video as well.
I'm curious how you sincrinized the mouth movements with the audio?
Tim - this is absolutely brilliant!
Eek! I've been so excited to see this come together!
Congrats on finishing it! Amazing accomplishment!
Absolutely insane. Oh my God.
Wahnsinn ! Ich bin beeindruckt 🤩
Mach doch bitte auch ein Video darüber 👍
Awesome, Very impressive what you both have done! One can feel the passion you are putting into that. Btw, also the video is nicely put together.😍
Simply amazing! Seriously impressive work. I love it!
Absolutely amazing! Astounding to see something with that much life at that scale it looks incredible! I know some 3D modeling and a bit about casting but nothing electronics. That though is my dream to be able to make incredible things like that! Excited to see what you do next man!
Wow Tim, What an amazing animatronic again!
This is just great! Awesome work!
I hope you don't mind me asking, for his neck rotation what what did you use to connect the servo gear to the shaft, also for his wrist gears, I have those servos but never got to splicing the wires did you splice them or find a connection adapter?
I'm glad you're asking :) I basically used the center part of a servo horn (with teeth to hold on to the servo gear) and cut off the rest. This part is then simply glued to another 3D printed part which has clamps to hold on to the shaft. And about the wrist servos: I found some with a standard JR connector which was plug-and-play since I was using a PCA9685 PWM board, but cutting off a JST connector and replacing it with a JR connector should also be fine.
@@timhendriks93 Sorry for the late reply but could I ask you more about the arms. I'm planning on using those servos in a FNAF animatronic and knowing any of the weights of the parts will help greatly.
@@vomitedthoughts No problem, I didn't really care or think about the weights as I was building my animatronics on a rather small scale and used 3D printed parts. Therefore, I honestly have no idea how much the arms or the individual parts weigh. But in general the less the parts weigh, the easier it is to animate and move them.
This man recreated an a100 animatronic.
Impressive
This is definitely a cool project and an epic undertaking for one person. For someone like me who doesn't know animatronics well at all, what is the factor that causes the jittery shaking effect? Something about control in only one direction, or slop in the joints maybe? Very impressive work.
Thanks, I think the shaking is something that will always happen with cheaper hobby servos. You are limited to tell those servos which position to go to and they will move there as quick as possible. To get a somewhat fluent movements, you have to update these position values in smaller steps. This is exactly why I really want to work with more professional robot servos in the future as they are much smarter in how they can be controlled, hopefully resulting in an even smoother movement. The downside however is that those servos are also larger and so far I limited myself to smaller builds in order to save space.
@@timhendriks93 Very clear, thanks for the response! I wonder, there must be some kind of dampening structure that could be designed in the power transfer arrangement that could account for some of that. A lot of trial and error I guess. Or maybe the joints could be tensioned somehow in both directions (like a bicep/tricep rubberband) so there is always a centering tendency that wouldn't allow things to jolt as quickly into and out of each new position the servo jumps to. Or maybe would make it worse. Hah I know, not helpful, just fun to brainstorm as an outsider. Cheers!
This is amazing! Please do a detailed build video of another one! I wanna try some of your techniques!
Hum, I still trying to recreate your last animatronic! All your projects looks amazing! Thank you for inspiring us :D
this is great, please make a tutorial on the basics of the complete process!
Fantastic job! Your neighbors are going to love it 😀
super cool! I'm working on something like this myself, though am several stages behind from where you are. Very inspiring. :)
Wow that's incredible. Amazing job!
Fantastic work Tim, I am really impressed, down to the psychotic eyes :D
This is beautiful 😭
WoW men i love it and Jack is me favorite i wish I can have one.
Awesome, Very interesting
Amazing
wow absolutely fantastic!! great job!
Wow you’ve got an outstanding talent😍
Absolutely love it 🙏🏻
This is amazing!!!
Awesome job 😮
Das ist ja sowas von genial👍👍👍 Weltklasse 👍👍👍
For my projects i am using 2g and 3.7g servos which are the smallest servos that i found, those are stronger than 1.5g servo. I love your projects!
Wowwww! This is crazy!! Can you integrate servos and other motors into Blender? Or were you just animating it in Blender as a reference to program the motors? You are VERY talented AND skilled my friend.. Truly inspiring!
@@BJamesThompson thanks for the big compliment! I'm using Blender to export the animation data in a way I can control the motors accordingly. This is achieved with a custom Blender add-on about which I also made a video a couple years ago: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.htmlsi=T2i9GqjBt5Ezxg_J
Wow amazing well done
Espectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you think you could make any of the “Country Bear Theater” animatronics?
Incredible! Can you share more about the wrist actuator? I’ve never seen a servo like that before. Where did you find it?
Thanks and sure, it's a very tiny linear actuator which I found on Amazon: www.amazon.de/dp/B07QJ58Z4S
Amazing you need to patent this project
This is amazing and inspiring to see. One thing that I was curious to see was how you would go about routing the wires to the base. Though I’m guessing all that was needed for that was the lines for power as it seemed like most of the electronics are already in the animatronic, although I didn’t quite see where you ended up putting the Arduino nano. Also, what those tiny servo potentiometers? For the voice, did you record the audio from the attraction or did you recreate it?
These animatronics are amazing to see and I can’t get enough of them. It’s made me want to try to attempt it myself, if I ever get to it, eventually(hopefully).
Thank you! The micro controller (an ESP32) is located in the box beneath the actual animatronic, while the servo control board (PCA9685) is located in Jack's belly so to speak. This allowed me to reduce the amount of cables coming out of the box to 4 (Power +/- and RX/TX for the control signals) which are hidden behind one of the chair's legs. I guess with 'tiny servo potentiometers' you mean the linear servos I used for his wrists: www.amazon.de/dp/B07QJ58Z4S
And the audio is extracted from this video here: ua-cam.com/video/LJFPPoGTPGI/v-deo.html
That is advanced technology.
Have you ever thought about doing a rockafire explosion animatronic
Amazing! I tried my first little animatronic and found that having the arduino too close to the servos caused the servos to jump and skip about. Is it normal to have to place the arduino further away from the servos to avoid this interference?
Thanks a lot ☺️ I haven't experienced any issues when putting servos close to the microcontroller. Maybe this issue is more related to the wiring? Putting the servos closer could also mean that the cables need to bend more.
Hi, quick question. How would you go about hooking up the arduino movements and signals to the audio file your using? is there a way to integrate the audio with the servo movements? I use VSA to do this with my animatronics, but I don't know if you can convert the blender movements in VSA. So what is your take to putting audio with the arduino movements?
So far I've used a cheap audio module (DFPlayerMini) to trigger the audio as soon as I start the animation. Other than that, there is not really anything to sync the movements to the audio, but in my case this was already sufficient. I'm about to release an Arduino library which is designed to work with my Blender add-on. It will also include an example where you can see how I use a button to change the animation modes (and also control the audio).
@@timhendriks93 So that means you can sync the exact file in blender when you animate it in the software, and then use the audio module to start exactly when the arduino program starts the movements. That's actually good to know.
@@timhendriks93 That sounds great! I'll make sure to look out for that announcement on youtube :)
Can you make a Davy Jones (deadman’s chest) DIY one? I wanna make one step by step?
2:26 Where did you get the bones from? Or do you 3D print them yourself?
I assume you're referring to the inner structure which is looking like metal? In that case you're right in assuming that it's 3D printed, I just used a shiny filament to give it that look 😂
what did you used for the animatronic eyes i also want to make a animatronic
with the technique the efteling used in fata morgana
The eyes were 3D printed, sanded, colored and then given a coat of epoxy resin. There's a very nice video about this technique by Will Cogley: ua-cam.com/video/RqZRKUbA_p0/v-deo.html
@@timhendriks93 thank you for the answer i heard you also want to make an animatronic using cam discs?
Can you make a tutorial how to synchronize the voise with the servos and can you make a tutorial over how to make the cilicone head
Yo-ho, yo-ho this auto-ma-ton is neat!
This is great! What type of silicone did you use for the head?
Thanks, I used the softest silicone I could find (Shore OO: 55) which is normally used for special effects and molds of highly detailed objects.
This is cool
Awesome 👌
Do you by chance offer that chair model for sale? I would love to print one for my hot toys figure
I'm happy to share it with you for free: www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackChair.blend
Keep in mind that the blend file contains multiple individual parts that you might have to combine before printing.
I WANT ONE!!! 😍😍😍
@timhendriks93 Amazing!! Could you tell me what type of power supply do you use because there are a lot of servo ?? Love your work.
Thanks and sure, I usually search for power supplies on Amazon which have enough amperage for the amount of servos I have in a particular build. This also depends on the type of servo you need to power. My Jack Sparrow animatronic mainly contains micro servos which don't draw a lot of current compared to the high torque servo which moves the chair. For that reason I'm also powering the latter separately and not via the PCA9685 PWM driver module. So for example, I would search for a 5V 10A power supply on Amazon like this one: amzn.to/3SZxJKw
Depending on your needs you might want to go for a higher amperage or even a higher voltage which you might need for some high torque servos.
@@timhendriks93thanks very much for your complete response.
hey soon makeing animaltronics got any tips
I saw that you used mechanical pieces but I don't know what they are. Can you brighten me on this?
Apart from the servos I'm using bearings, a universal joint and a metal rod while most of it is used for the neck mechanism.
That is so cool I would make one or I would get one
WOW!!! :D
This is awesome! I wish i stumbled onto this project earlier. Great job! I did not see this question posted yet, but are you able to release the STL files that were used for 3d printing? The arduino code possibly too?
This is so realistic, great job. I love everything about this video...
Thanks for the kind words :) I usually don't keep all the STL files, but I can share my Blender files with you:
www.tim-hendriks.com/files/Jack.blend (the figure itself)
www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackSparrowAnimatronic.blend (the animation using the other blend file)
To open the latter file, the first one needs to be placed in the same location so that the file linkage can work.
To manage the code project, I'm using PlatformIO and can also share my project directory:
www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackCode.zip
The main code itself is pretty short and simple as I'm relying on my Blender Servo Animation Arduino library.
@@timhendriks93 thank you so much for sharing. I know blender enough to sculpt, but never made motion in it before. No time like the present to learn lol
Thanks again, I have been building smaller animations and animatronics but always wanted more life. Willexfx took it to another expensive level, I am very intrigued by the smaller servos and hiding everything in a 2’ tall character. Thanks sir!
@@timhendriks93 This is awesome, thank you. I'd never thought to use Blender for this sort of thing but it makes sense now that I've seen how you do it.
Amazing ! What material do you use for the flexible skin?
Thanks, I used some soft silicone for the mask / skin (Shore OO: 55).
Amazing job! ☠️
Really cool. what system did you use to sync and orchestrate the animatronic, audio and lights?
Thanks, it's actually all done in Blender, an open source 3D creation suite. The lights are not actually a part of the build, I just set something up for recording the video. If you're interested you can have a look at one of my other videos where I show how I animate my animatronics with Blender: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.html
Great work can you make a basic bone rotation python to arduino servo tutorial tracing code
Thanks, I don't have an actual tutorial yet, but I highly encourage you to check out my new Arduino library: github.com/timhendriks93/blender-servo-animation-arduino
It is designed to work with my Blender Add-on and also contains some examples to do exactly what you mentioned.
Hey, where can i learn such animatronic course?
My animatronics are a result of many trials and errors. Unfortunately, I don't know about a specific course which combines all the various aspects of a DIY animatronic. However, for me it worked fine to watch tutorials of different aspects such as controlling servo motors with Arduino, 3D modeling and 3D printing. There is no right or wrong, my suggestion is to start small and gradually move forward 😊
What did you power your Arduino with for this project? Also, how did you use it? I noticed that your power source plugs into a wall and is powered on with a switch.
I use a simple 5V 10+A (depending on the project) power supply unit, like this one: www.amazon.com/dp/B074YHN8D1
The switch is called a C14 inlet plug: www.amazon.com/dp/B082ZFRV1B
After these components are connected, I can connect a micro controller, modules and servo power cables to the supply unit.
Amazing!! I’ve always been inspired by your animatronic videos, it makes me want to do imagineering even more. I was thinking about doing some too but I’m entirely new to blender and using it with servos. Do you have any resources you can point me toward to help learn?
Thanks, not sure if you've already seen it, but I made another video on how to use Blender to animate animatronics: ua-cam.com/video/yeJxMaNQAzg/v-deo.html
If you refer to using Blender and servos in general, I would search for some tutorials on UA-cam. At least that's what I mainly used to learn about all these different topics step by step.
@@timhendriks93 great, thank you! Also if I may ask, what motivates the chair to lean? Is the servo located under the chair?
@@aboabo289 Sure and exactly, there is a push rod coming up from the box which lifts the chair. It's the chair's right leg that is being pushed, so you can barely see it since the treasure chest is in front of it.
Wow, Tim, Jack turned out great. My 3D printer is down right now so I am unable to work on the version of the Phhatm I want to get working. A Question can run more than servos than 16? Tim Lewis
Thanks a lot 😊 Yes you can, it is possible to link multiple PCA9685 modules and control up to 992 servos: ua-cam.com/video/mQK3Scp3Qls/v-deo.html
This is incredible.
Are you using any ramp profiles for the motion?
Thanks, not sure what exactly you mean with ramp profiles regarding motion?
A motion ramp is basically adding an acceleration and deceleration curve to a servo between its position points. It helps to get rid of motion jitter and provide fluid like motion.
@@mr.e.484 Thanks for clarifying, I wasn't aware that you are referring to the animation. In that case the answer is yes, by default Blender will generate a curve for the motion / animation between two keyframes. But even then I'm facing some limits with these cheaper servos. Especially slow movements end up in some jitter, as the motion resolution just isn't as good as with more professional (and larger) robot servos.
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You're welcome Tim.
If you are looking for better servo's but at the same scale, look into agfrc servo's. They are what I use for my animatronics. They are programmable, fast and extremely accurate. So no jitter.
Hey, do you by any chance have the model of the chair he sits on for download or anything? I would like to 3d print one for my desk. if you don't, or don't want to give it away that's perfectly fine, don't feel bad if you don't! :) also amazing work on the animatronic! :) have a good day!
Thanks, I just uploaded the .blend file to my website for you to download: www.tim-hendriks.com/files/JackChair.blend
Have fun 😉
@@timhendriks93 thank you so much, I cant wait! :)
This is amazing! Can you do a DIY Chuck E. Cheese's animatronic next?
Thanks a lot! To be honest, I think those are really cool, but as a European I didn't even have a chance to experience one of them yet. But you never know ;)
@@timhendriks93 I highly recommend the cyberamic characters as they are very simple and aesthetically pleasing!
congratulations on the project! I really want to make some animatronics of some heavy metal characters, at first I want to make eddie from iron maiden, and it seems to me that I can use the same structure that you use in your projects, you can share this structure in 3d from blender of this pirate ? and I also wanted to learn how to make this silicone mask, on Eddie I'll need it, and as for the location of the servos, I also have doubts, a video with these details would be good.
What speaker did you use to play the sound? I have the DFPlayer, just not a good speaker.
I used two 3W 4Ω speakers via a PAM8403 amplifier which I connected to the DFPlayer. The result is of course a somewhat moderate sound quality, but I was still very impressed given the small size of the speakers.
@@timhendriks93 Awesome, thank you!
@@timhendriks93 Finally started working on the project again. When plugging in the amplifier, I get a weird static and popping noise. Did you ever experience this?
@@aboabo289 I also experienced some noise issues, but in the end it really depends on the exact model of the amplifier and how your specific circuit is put together. However, maybe this video can be a good starting point to fix your issue: ua-cam.com/video/tqf3Ubna_3k/v-deo.html
Hi tim I love your recreation maybe is it a nice idea to make a recreation of one of the birds of vogelrok at the Efteling the birds broke down a few years ago and arent able to move anymore. In different UA-cam video’s you can see the birds move!
This is great stuff. What is next?
Thanks, I still have to think about it, but I kind of want to upgrade my Phantom with the same neck mechanism and improve his animation with my updated Blender add-on. But when it comes to an entirely new project I'm also interested in experimenting with the disc cam mechanism which was used and improved a lot by Efteling (e.g. their Fata Morgana animatronics).
@@timhendriks93 that would be so cool to see a cam system
it's so beautiful gg
Is this for sale😍
Unfortunately not, but I've also thought about an animatronic kit which would allow me to share some hands-on experience with my animatronic techniques.
@@timhendriks93 that would be great!
@@timhendriks93 OMG yes, that would be so awesome i woudn't think twice to buy one of your kits :D
hey wie lange hast du dafür gebraucht, ich würde auch gerne einen haben gruß Boris
Hi, insgesamt ca. 1 Jahr und 3 Monate, aber natürlich waren da auch Pausen dazwischen ;)
Hi...How do I contact you? I would like to do it too. Do you sell a project? I want to make a model of piaratas.
Wow amazing tutorial please
do you sell these????? you have to!
Unfortunately not, but I might be able to provide an animatronic kit in the future.
So talentiert du solltest für Disney arbeiten
Holy shit
Out of this world! 👽!! Increase your stats - P r o m o s m!!!
I'm not worthy. Wow just wow. You need to teach a class. I'm not worty.
I'm pretty sure you are, but thanks!
This is amazing!!!