Mechanical Genie

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Hello everybody! what i'm about to show you will gonna creep yer life out!...well sorta, let me introduce to you.......

                                                             

well, where do i start, hmh, while watching an episode of "flapjack", a thing came to my mind...what if i make this creepy little character in this episode? then i begun to make some plans, this is what it really looked like:

and this is what mine looked like (note: he's not done yet, i stll haven't added he's box):

here are some pictures of his construction:

i created this head using my own homemade polymorph (homemade clay):

with a body and chassis made out of cardboard and popsicle sticks, oh and i also added it's mechanism, including my very own mechanical oscillator:

looking good with a beard, goatee, earings and a turban:

i still haven't added some details yet, but i will on the next update

btw, if you wan't to watch the whole episode where this character appeared, you can download it with the file that i have attached.

that's all for now! cheers! - ⁰ℨ

  • Actuators / output devices: gearmotor
  • Power source: Cellphone battery
  • Sensors / input devices: LDRs maybe...
  • Target environment: Tabletop
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/mechanical-genie
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video file

i can’t seem to attach the file, i’ll try it later.

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Outstanding

Metal, your robots are outstanding. It reminds me a bit to the automata builder covered on makezine.com lately.

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You have to upload it to a

You have to upload it to a website like Youtube or Vimeo.

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:smiley:

oh thank you very much Nils! yer robots are awesome as well! i have seen Dug North’s blog before, and his automatons are quite great!

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hi patrick! well, i wouldn’t

hi patrick! well, i wouldn’t want to upload it to youtube for some copyright claims, that’s why i am posting it as a file.

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Well the thing is 1) The

Well the thing is 1) The maximum file size you can attach is 4MB and 2) Not many people would download it to watch it.

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ok

ok, i will upload it to youtube soon.

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Great looking start you have there MML.

Does your father/mother know you cut up their credit card to move your robot’s hands? :smiley:

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your right he is creepy

your right he is creepy

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I Agree its Great

Yes this is great.  I reminded me to of some of the early automata (stole the spelling from Nils).  I seem to recall there was like a mechanical fortune teller.  This looks right up that line.  I also like the artistry you bring to your projects.  A++!

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awesome

awesome

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cool :wink:

cool :wink:

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shhh…

lol, we’ve got a lot of those cards!

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Nice work :)building a good

Nice work :slight_smile:

building a good looking robot with some scrap parts :smiley:

P.S.: this thing is definetely creepy :S

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good looking and creepy?

yeah, i know, it’s creepy!

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Great tribute

I have never heard of this show but I like the robot it’s inspired. Very unique. I’m not sure which version gives me the willies more, your recreation or the original hehe

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Excellent work! It looks a
Excellent work! It looks a lot like the one from cartoon. I’m excited to see a video of it in action! How about some LEDs for eyes? It looks like it has glowing red eyes in the cartoon.

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thanks!

yeah, it should be, but in this case, i can’t light those LEDs up, but i will add some lights in his case for decoration!

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will you make his eyes glow

will you make his eyes glow with red LEDs like in the picture?