Zombie bot project

lefthandsh8k · February 20, 2012, 11:53pm

Here is some teaser footage of testing my animatronic zombie. I've been building this in my spare time out of whatever I have laying around. Ultimately I wanted to create something that can crawl around independently without being tethered or operated.This is just a test of the facial mechanisms for the head.

This project exists solely to allow me to see what I can do to create something alarming, and that responds to its environment. It is a long term project so more posts will surely follow.

In the video I mistyped Arduino mega 328.I meant 1280 :P

Anyway, Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

moves across the floor(eventually), and makes everyone nauseous, exhibits facial movements,

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/zombie-bot-project

lefthandsh8k · February 20, 2012, 11:55pm

Also, you’ll notice in the

Also, you’ll notice in the photo how there are two servos in the neck.This has changed.The head is just way too heavy for them and will end up stripping the gears.That’s what I get for thinking 15 dollar servos will do the trick

ignoblegnome · February 21, 2012, 7:28am

Creepy.I like it!

Creepy.

I like it!

isotope · February 21, 2012, 9:13am

hell, that is scary hope

hell, that is scary hope to see more!

metalmonkeelad · February 21, 2012, 10:10am

cheers!
kudos to you for being a very good animatronic artist! specially the the “Twitch of the Death Nerve” robot, very scary!

nilsb · February 21, 2012, 2:23pm

Humanoid

Humanoids are rare on LMR. Your’s is very realistic… And scary without a cover… I mean artificial flesh. Well done.

Now the Zombie bot is remote controlled. I'm looking forward to see how you make the transition to autonomous behavior.

You could record remote controlled moves and play each move as a reaction to events in the real world.

airuno2l · February 22, 2012, 7:55pm

Dude…rad

Dude…rad

lefthandsh8k · February 27, 2012, 10:46pm

Thanks! I’ll be adding a

Thanks! I’ll be adding a skin to it when everything is finished.Right now it’s slow going because I really only have the weekends to work on it.

I’m actually hoping to do exactly what you mentioned, NilsB, but right now I’m focusing on the body and getting it to drag itself along the floor. With any luck, I will have a new video up friday or saturday night.

Thanks everyone for the kind words.I really have learned a lot from this site and all of your posts