I built v1, v2, and now this latest version of this project. Your design and tolerances on this version are nothing short of incredible. The design and entire assembly are a work of art man. Keep up the incredible work you're doing with all of these open source projects. Massively inspiring.
I'm trying not to swear, but that is (BLEEPING) amazing! I was already impressed with the original design, but this is a very welcome upgrade. I don't think I've ever seen another eye mech that moved so smoothly and realistically.
Brilliant work! I know people in the puppet community would 100% buy finished versions of this. I also think there is a version of this that is rod controlled, no servos required. Not a cable, a solid rod. The rod is pushed up and down, and the eyes move up and down, this fits in the neck. But left to right? Solved by the rod controlling that via being rotated left and right. Horns, like on a servo, attach to the eyes via a linkage system etc. I know puppet people like big eyes, that are sometimes more than 50% out of the head. If the eyes are held in place by rubber bands the eyes can stick out further, and the rod mech doesn't need to have a middle axis because the sphere eyes are being pulled into a socket, that acts like a ball bearing, creating the axis. Just putting this into your head....
i suggest you to look into esp32d1 mini boards for the wireless board, they are cheap and small but nativel;y support BT and WIFI, on top of having the ESP NOW protocol to talk between each other, they also are 3.3v board so the remote could be powered by a tingle li-ion cell and have the standard usb charger pcb
I bought 4 sets of tiny hex screws to make the original but my printer at the time was a pos, but now I have an artillery sidewinder X1 and now that I have a decent printer I'm going to try again with this thank you
Thanks Will - The mech was printing overnight and I have just started the eyeballs - very grateful for the 3mf files too. Cant wait to order some boards - well done on the design.
Never thought of it like that, it sounds odd, but I think it is dead right! I watch a lot of UA-cam engineering content, (too much according to camp mother) and the ones that are most memorable are usually cool! 😊
Coolness may be one of the big factors of engineering, but coolness won't matter if it doesn't work, or breaks too easily... another factor of the DFA should also include possible repairs if it is a high ticket item... or difficult to access... Nobody wants that $1000 animatronic if it is a pain to get into and/or breaks down every couple of days. Sometimes you need a mixture of both to achieve both ease of assembly as well as durability and consistency.
THIS IS A LIFE SAVER. I was literally making the old one but needed a part. But with this I could just make it super fast. I love your projects and you should make it paid because this is awesome and all your ideas are awesome.
Thanks for showing all of these tips and tricks for animatronics, I believe you have the best educational content in youtube and the website you have is awesome. Thanks again I really appreciate the effort you put on these.
Will, it's nice to see that you're still refining your designs. If you would like to have your designs be able to be used in real world applications, there are a few tweaks that need to be made. The issues I'm running into is that they simply don't fit in most applications. If you want a more "universal" type design that can actually be put in animatronics, the eyes and lids and the mounting brackets for them need to be extended at least 1/2" to 3/4". The problem is clearance issues. They should fit easily in the orbits of the eye sockets. When using them in human 😉animatronic heads, especially skulls, they don't fit.
Oh man, this comes out after I completed one of your other designs. However, the original realistic eye method with the resin cast it's hard to beat. Thank you for sharing these designs!
God you are an amazing man, I was going on to design some eyes for a fnaf project and that fact that you offer hours of your brain power and effort for free is mind blowing, I’m sure you know not many are willing to do that. I appreciate all of true work you do, and thank you again
This is so awesome thank you for sharing. Also, I really appreciate you taking us through your journey of constantly refining your design - this is something that can be applied to all disciplines. Thank you so much
I've found using a bushing from delrin/HDPE/teflon eliminated a lot of my weak points in snap-fit assembly prints. It also meant a number of my snap-fit components were planar, and could be laser cut from different materials.
If you haven't read them yet, go dig the Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly books for knowledge. Should act as very good supplement for this kind of stuff (even if not within the same tech tree as 3D printing). Neat stuff regardless!
Would love it if you would do a video or write-up to walk through and explain all the electronics, wiring, and code used to make your various eyes work.
Expectation: "Wow, I'll print it and assemble quickly! So nice" Reality: 3 days of re-printing parts broken during the assembly (also adjusting the wholes sizes) But totally worth it - thank you so much for doing what you do!
I watch a YT'r from Japan who makes clockwork type stuff. He uses brass nails and snips. It's pretty much two hole sizes; one for a tight fit, one for a slip fit.
You are absolute incredible and genius Will!! I thank UA-cam algorithm that recommended your channel to me! Like and subscribe is WELL DESERVED!! Keep up the great work. Myself and many more are cheering for you!! 🤖😃🙏
Will's back! Still waiting for the day you upscale your design to fit a FNaF animatronic. Do you think that's something you would ever try? I feel like you would have fun making a video of a fully working FNaF head with moveable eyes, eyebrows, ears, and mouth, etc., and the bonus is that the views are basically guaranteed.
Very nice project, it makes me want to see it linked to an ia which, for example, would follow the person in the room with its eyes and which could be questioned at any time (funny and very practical for me who works in a studio alone, for example).
Very nice design! Having some difficutlties with the small snapfits. Prinnting a new batch with other less matt material. Hoping that it will decrease the parts that break 🙏🏻
I would recommend you swap out the arduino micro for a D1 Mini ESP32. They only cost $6 and they have wifi so you can easily make a wireless controller. This is a great project!
I'm so happy for an updated video since technology is always improving and updating. I have a project I've been stuck on for a while now. This would help so much. They thing it I only need one eye and the build is for the support and working for 2 eyes. Do you have a single eye function?
Thank you so much. I think it's time for a universal 3d printable fastener and ai to help us redesign models for 3dprintables latched and pins etc... but yeah maybe we can make a universal 3d printable fastener or even a metal fastener that's the ultimate screw we can make in bulk for 3d printers or use something already ready to buy like self sealing stem.bolts
hi will. It's awesome to see what is done bytpeople like you. I have a couple of suggestions. Looking at the parts, it seems like some of the snap connections are unnecessary. This reduces the chance of broken pins. one example are the eyelid links. the servo horn would seem to hold them in place . I also wonder if the lips need to be so large asi it makes it hard to snap the parts together, requiring a lot of force and potential breakage. Please keep up the awesome work. Regards, Jim
I'm excited to try this as I have often used your eye mechs before. I have started printing, but I'm not clear in reading the downloads: which of the files need to be printed? If I'm reading the list correctly there needs to be a ton of parts. Any clarification would be very helpful! Thanks!
This is one of the best designs I have seen but have you thought about a design that fits a camera in one or both eyes? Thats something I would rush to print and play with.
Another cost-down/simplification could be to allow for the MCU to be soldered instead of putting the Arduino on. With a bit of luck the JLC library does have the same or a 100% compatible clone. You probably do not need most of the other components on the Arduino anyways.
Fantastic design!!! I'm currently printing this after ditching the screwed version due to a lack of parts. Question for my non-tech brain, can this be used with a Pololu maestro board to add automation?
Hello I would like to attempt this project, can you guide me on where to look for instructions when it comes down to programming the arduino? Thank you!!🙏
When you have circuit board 2.0, can you please offer it for sale. I would love to buy one. Could you design this as single eye? I have a model i need to space the eyes out on. This would make my life so much easier.
Another great video Will, now hear’s a challenge, can you incorporate a pair of cameras in to those eyeballs? Stereo vision would be a fantastic next step. Also Will as you’ve now hit the 100K subscribers 🎉 where’s your UA-cam Play Button?
this is really cool :) right now the eyes are also always in parralel, how hard would it to let the eyes cross horizontally i.e look towards each other? the mechanism and eyes look incredibly realistic, but one limitation is that the eyes always seem to be looking into the distance, adding that and some basic object detection and you could have the eyes follow something :D
Have you tried bambu PETG HF? SuperFastMatt loves it for around the house stuff and i agree. It's non toxic like PLA but better in every way, and flexible. It Might have more friction tho, idk
I'm currently working my way through basic mechanical engineering and wanted to know if you have any resources for understanding how to design and implement mechanical movements into projects.
I built v1, v2, and now this latest version of this project. Your design and tolerances on this version are nothing short of incredible. The design and entire assembly are a work of art man. Keep up the incredible work you're doing with all of these open source projects. Massively inspiring.
Wow 😯 didnt expect this design to get an update. No screws is so smart 🧠 !!!
Loved the assembly ASMR, was so calming and would watch 30 minutes of it
Who would have thought that about four minutes of "Clicks" could be so satisfying! 😊
I'm trying not to swear, but that is (BLEEPING) amazing! I was already impressed with the original design, but this is a very welcome upgrade. I don't think I've ever seen another eye mech that moved so smoothly and realistically.
Brilliant work! I know people in the puppet community would 100% buy finished versions of this. I also think there is a version of this that is rod controlled, no servos required. Not a cable, a solid rod. The rod is pushed up and down, and the eyes move up and down, this fits in the neck. But left to right? Solved by the rod controlling that via being rotated left and right. Horns, like on a servo, attach to the eyes via a linkage system etc. I know puppet people like big eyes, that are sometimes more than 50% out of the head. If the eyes are held in place by rubber bands the eyes can stick out further, and the rod mech doesn't need to have a middle axis because the sphere eyes are being pulled into a socket, that acts like a ball bearing, creating the axis. Just putting this into your head....
i suggest you to look into esp32d1 mini boards for the wireless board, they are cheap and small but nativel;y support BT and WIFI, on top of having the ESP NOW protocol to talk between each other, they also are 3.3v board so the remote could be powered by a tingle li-ion cell and have the standard usb charger pcb
I concur. I have found esp32 to be quite superior to Arduino.
Watching your mechanisms develop over the past couple of years has been awesome
Such a nice update to an already rock solid project!
Love seeing you still working with this! Got my first printer because I got super into your stuff :)
I bought 4 sets of tiny hex screws to make the original but my printer at the time was a pos, but now I have an artillery sidewinder X1 and now that I have a decent printer I'm going to try again with this thank you
I deal with DFA/DFM on a daily basis. Nobody seems to focus on it. Good on you!
Thanks Will - The mech was printing overnight and I have just started the eyeballs - very grateful for the 3mf files too. Cant wait to order some boards - well done on the design.
Damn, Mr Cogley!! You’re an inspiration, well done. Can’t wait to swap out my old assembly for this one, thank you!
Love this comment: "But they are cool, and coolness is the most important factor in engineering."
Never thought of it like that, it sounds odd, but I think it is dead right! I watch a lot of UA-cam engineering content, (too much according to camp mother) and the ones that are most memorable are usually cool! 😊
Coolness may be one of the big factors of engineering, but coolness won't matter if it doesn't work, or breaks too easily... another factor of the DFA should also include possible repairs if it is a high ticket item... or difficult to access... Nobody wants that $1000 animatronic if it is a pain to get into and/or breaks down every couple of days. Sometimes you need a mixture of both to achieve both ease of assembly as well as durability and consistency.
@@edwardpaulsen1074 There's this thing called "humor". You might want to Google it.
THIS IS A LIFE SAVER. I was literally making the old one but needed a part. But with this I could just make it super fast. I love your projects and you should make it paid because this is awesome and all your ideas are awesome.
This was unexpected, another eye mech, looks very interesting. Might look into it
Thanks for showing all of these tips and tricks for animatronics, I believe you have the best educational content in youtube and the website you have is awesome. Thanks again I really appreciate the effort you put on these.
A massive thank you for opensourcing this whole design! it's absolutely great!
Great design! Thanks for everything (tutorial video, project files, etc)!
Will, it's nice to see that you're still refining your designs. If you would like to have your designs be able to be used in real world applications, there are a few tweaks that need to be made. The issues I'm running into is that they simply don't fit in most applications. If you want a more "universal" type design that can actually be put in animatronics, the eyes and lids and the mounting brackets for them need to be extended at least 1/2" to 3/4". The problem is clearance issues. They should fit easily in the orbits of the eye sockets. When using them in human 😉animatronic heads, especially skulls, they don't fit.
Oh man, this comes out after I completed one of your other designs. However, the original realistic eye method with the resin cast it's hard to beat.
Thank you for sharing these designs!
God you are an amazing man, I was going on to design some eyes for a fnaf project and that fact that you offer hours of your brain power and effort for free is mind blowing, I’m sure you know not many are willing to do that. I appreciate all of true work you do, and thank you again
I was just looking to reprint the last eye mechanism as its taken a beating over the past year. Definitely going to give this a print today
I am getting started with design on CAD and see this gives so much inspiration
this the best project i have seen yet, helped me easily win a school robotics competition
I could never do this, I find it really hard to work while someone is watching me.
wow! 2 min in and already I feel much respect for what you did here! Well done and I really hope I can build / learn this myself
This is so awesome thank you for sharing. Also, I really appreciate you taking us through your journey of constantly refining your design - this is something that can be applied to all disciplines. Thank you so much
Thank you for sharing you knowledge and time with us!
WIll, this the best 3D design I had the pleasure to build. Great work!!!
I've found using a bushing from delrin/HDPE/teflon eliminated a lot of my weak points in snap-fit assembly prints.
It also meant a number of my snap-fit components were planar, and could be laser cut from different materials.
Thank you very much for your great inspiration and smart work! Very valuable content and highly appreciated!
Man that purple one in the background 😂💀 0:12
He was dropped as a circuit board
If you haven't read them yet, go dig the Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly books for knowledge. Should act as very good supplement for this kind of stuff (even if not within the same tech tree as 3D printing).
Neat stuff regardless!
Would love it if you would do a video or write-up to walk through and explain all the electronics, wiring, and code used to make your various eyes work.
Expectation: "Wow, I'll print it and assemble quickly! So nice"
Reality: 3 days of re-printing parts broken during the assembly (also adjusting the wholes sizes)
But totally worth it - thank you so much for doing what you do!
Excellent video and design. Look forward to more of your work.
What a cool build! Loving the DFA insights 🙏🏻
I watch a YT'r from Japan who makes clockwork type stuff. He uses brass nails and snips. It's pretty much two hole sizes; one for a tight fit, one for a slip fit.
I looked him up why can't I find him ?
@@codyeasonBGR B/C YT is owned by Google, which means your searches are futile. I'll try to find his channel....
@@codyeasonBGR Here he is: @karakurist
You are absolute incredible and genius Will!! I thank UA-cam algorithm that recommended your channel to me! Like and subscribe is WELL DESERVED!! Keep up the great work. Myself and many more are cheering for you!! 🤖😃🙏
Thank you so much for sharing. Also those eyes to the left of frame look so funny, all wonky-eyed.
Really really ace work, I guess it's time I start filming some creature features!!
Brilliantly thorough as always!
Will's back! Still waiting for the day you upscale your design to fit a FNaF animatronic. Do you think that's something you would ever try? I feel like you would have fun making a video of a fully working FNaF head with moveable eyes, eyebrows, ears, and mouth, etc., and the bonus is that the views are basically guaranteed.
I love your eyes, I wan to make a cyclops with a camera in the middle of the eye I hope I can do that one day. Thanks for inspiring
Very nice project, it makes me want to see it linked to an ia which, for example, would follow the person in the room with its eyes and which could be questioned at any time (funny and very practical for me who works in a studio alone, for example).
Awesome work! Just print in some cable management for perfection
Find mass produced ready made cheap eyes and remove electronics and make it a hand/finger moving puppet and it's an amazing toy
Very nice design! Having some difficutlties with the small snapfits. Prinnting a new batch with other less matt material. Hoping that it will decrease the parts that break 🙏🏻
been a fan since 2018, awesome stuff, safe to say you convinced me to be a true COG
I would recommend you swap out the arduino micro for a D1 Mini ESP32. They only cost $6 and they have wifi so you can easily make a wireless controller. This is a great project!
I'm so happy for an updated video since technology is always improving and updating. I have a project I've been stuck on for a while now. This would help so much. They thing it I only need one eye and the build is for the support and working for 2 eyes. Do you have a single eye function?
Epic!
Very nice build. ❤
I'd love to see a video showing the different types of ways to optimize for DFA
Thank you so much. I think it's time for a universal 3d printable fastener and ai to help us redesign models for 3dprintables latched and pins etc... but yeah maybe we can make a universal 3d printable fastener or even a metal fastener that's the ultimate screw we can make in bulk for 3d printers or use something already ready to buy like self sealing stem.bolts
i feel like this could be a cool part of the curiosity box
hi will. It's awesome to see what is done bytpeople like you. I have a couple of suggestions. Looking at the parts, it seems like some of the snap connections are unnecessary. This reduces the chance of broken pins. one example are the eyelid links. the servo horn would seem to hold them in place . I also wonder if the lips need to be so large asi it makes it hard to snap the parts together, requiring a lot of force and potential breakage. Please keep up the awesome work.
Regards, Jim
I haven't even watched yet, but I know it's a thumbs up!
"This area is off-limits."
"Hey! Little guy!"
"I bet I'm your favorite~"
Holy christ this would be amazing in haunted houses, I might explore this opportunity
“I’m freeeeeeeeeee”
Thanks a lot! It’s funny that I just printed the old version last week 😂
Excellent results!
....May be I will give it a try! What layer resolution / infill ?
Master art work ❤
Paint the eyes with rust oleum transparent glossy paint. Cheap and effective.
Do you have an update on the PCB components. OR better yet any PCB's for sale?
Brilliant project.
Dollightful mentioned ❤
Would it be possible to scale this design up and still have it work fine?
You should integrate cameras into the eyeball so it can be a cool reactive CCTV or something for robots
that is so cool mate!
I'm excited to try this as I have often used your eye mechs before. I have started printing, but I'm not clear in reading the downloads: which of the files need to be printed? If I'm reading the list correctly there needs to be a ton of parts. Any clarification would be very helpful! Thanks!
I love this! I’d love to be able to link this with a chat got project I’m working on
Legendary
Will, looks great! Do you have any dimensions of this build?
Make a Beholder! But make the Pupils different, to indicate different powers. Also, maybe make the Iris part dynamic...
This is one of the best designs I have seen but have you thought about a design that fits a camera in one or both eyes? Thats something I would rush to print and play with.
Great engineering!
Lookin good, Will! Love the beard!
Another cost-down/simplification could be to allow for the MCU to be soldered instead of putting the Arduino on. With a bit of luck the JLC library does have the same or a 100% compatible clone. You probably do not need most of the other components on the Arduino anyways.
Love your stuff man
Very nice and thanks for sharing 👍🏼
Love your work. Thanks for sharing. Are your cads editable?
Can you make it use self sealing stem bolts? I have so many lying around
Fantastic design!!! I'm currently printing this after ditching the screwed version due to a lack of parts. Question for my non-tech brain, can this be used with a Pololu maestro board to add automation?
Had a led inside the eye , and you could had "Goaul'd " effect or that kind of scaring effect 😂👍👍👍
Hello I would like to attempt this project, can you guide me on where to look for instructions when it comes down to programming the arduino? Thank you!!🙏
*I have no experience in arduino
Well done!
Given the looks of the filament used on the video miniature, I was wondering if you started to use SLS printing and do the whole thing print in place.
Do you think you will be doing a snap together version of a mouth and neck mechanism would love to fabricate a talking head
Now you gotta implant cameras and make a really strange ring doorbell
I don’t know why I’ve watched electronic eyes, but it was cool.
When you have circuit board 2.0, can you please offer it for sale. I would love to buy one. Could you design this as single eye? I have a model i need to space the eyes out on. This would make my life so much easier.
Great video! thank you
Another great video Will, now hear’s a challenge, can you incorporate a pair of cameras in to those eyeballs? Stereo vision would be a fantastic next step. Also Will as you’ve now hit the 100K subscribers 🎉 where’s your UA-cam Play Button?
I’ve yet to hang it up lol
Stereo vision eyes are definitely on my to do list :)
Hi! Could you create and make a Video of a Talking Skull DIY? Like the 3 Axis one from Frightprops.
this is really cool :)
right now the eyes are also always in parralel, how hard would it to let the eyes cross horizontally i.e look towards each other? the mechanism and eyes look incredibly realistic, but one limitation is that the eyes always seem to be looking into the distance, adding that and some basic object detection and you could have the eyes follow something :D
Have you tried bambu PETG HF? SuperFastMatt loves it for around the house stuff and i agree. It's non toxic like PLA but better in every way, and flexible. It Might have more friction tho, idk
I'm currently working my way through basic mechanical engineering and wanted to know if you have any resources for understanding how to design and implement mechanical movements into projects.
I appreciate your work
Thanks so much!
Time to start injection molding parts and sell full kits.