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1Project demo
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2Prepare the Bodies
For this project we used cheap Halloween decorations that can be found in a dollar store and turned them into fully functioning robots.
For step one of making the skull a robot, we cut its head off from the stand with a small hacksaw.
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3Assemble the Electronic Part
We used a pan/tilt kit with two servos, the Arduino Uno and the HM-10 bluetooth module.
Skully requires the additional SG-90 servo motor.
See the attached schematics.
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4Make the Housing
For housing, we used a cardboard gift box with a wooden lid.
We attached a battery pack with a on/off switch inside the box using double sided tape and cut a hole on the side of the box so the switch can be accessed from the outside.
We drilled a small hole in the lid for the wires that connect the LEDs and the servo motors to go through, and attached the pan/tilt mechanism on the lid.
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5Attach Ghosty or Skully to the Pan/tilt Mechanism
To attach Ghosty or Skully to the pan/tilt mechanism, we used disposable forks. To attach Ghosty or Skully to the pan/tilt mechanism, we used disposable forks. The Skully's fork is shorter.
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6Make the Red Eyes
We made the red eyes using LEDs.
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7Connect the Servo Motor to Skully's Jaw
For Skully, we used another servo so he could move his mouth while he laughs, which looks awesome but requires a little bit more work that Ghosty.
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8Upload the Arduino Code
Download the Arduino code from here https://www.robbie-app.com/Robbie_A1.ino
Connect your Arduino UNO to your computer using the USB cable.
Upload the code to the Arduino UNO
Download the iRobbie-A App to your iPhone from Apple AppStore
Run App, choose Face Tracking, connect your iPhone through Bluetooth to the Arduino, enjoy!
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Hi, I always wanted to try similar thing out. :) Very cool project .
Meanwhile i am trying to do Home automation by making a stepper motor switch on a physical switch over BLE. I want to run this over battery . So your project is a very good start.
Could you tell me how long the battery power lasted . Coz I am thinking to use less power consuming Arduino compatible chip like ATtiny85.
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