Automata Pilgrim 7000-like robot head

     UPDATE @ December 6, 2015

     Just finished the painting details.

     The servo motors are TowerPro MG995, controlled by an Arduino board (simple servo "sweep" sequences).

     UPDATE @ November 28, 2015

     Hello guys!

     Just mounted today the servo motors and made a simple code... and here is (see the video)!!!

     UPDATE @ November 22, 2015

     Hi guys!

     Just finished the aesthetic parts of the head. See below.

     Mouth and ears grills made with toothpicks.

     The paint job is almost done.

     I also made the stand.

     To do next: finish painting details; attach servos and electronics; LED eyes.

     UPDATE @ October 24, 2015 (part 2)

     Hello guys!

     I have just finished the covering of the head with the polystyrene (high impact polystyrene) pieces.

     I still have a lot of work to do!

     Note: The updates will be at the top of the page, so the newest video will be also.

     FIRST POST @ October 15, 2015 (part 1)

     As I said before: "Movies can be a great source of inspiration for our projects."

     Well... I keep watching movies, so I keep inspiring me. I'd better stop watching movies... I'm wanting to make all I see! heheh

     The movie was Automata [1] (check out the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3zTb_Zu8DU). I haven't watched the whole movie, so I don't have much to say about it. But a robot really inspired me...

     The next day I started thinking how I would make that head. I thought to start with Pepakura because I figured it would be easy to find an ideal head model to work with. Indeed, I easily found a good model after some Googling [2].

     It looked good because it don't have ears, mouth, eyes, nose... and appears to have the ideal format.

     As I just need the top of the head, I set some cutoffs and the eyes.

     With a Christmas tree ball cut in half I made the cavities of the eyes. Put it in place with hot glue.

     Sebastian highly involved in this project. :)

     Fiberglass time!

     Body filler time!

     And here is how it looks after body filler, sanding, body filler, sanding, spray primer.

     The head is formed by multiple small segments. First I thought to carve them in the body filler. I ended up deciding to make them with polystyrene (high impact polystyrene) pieces.

     I initially drew the segments directly in the head, based on some images from web and movie scenes.

     I used hot iron to bend/mold the pieces. Attach them with instant adhesive.

     This project will be more artistic, but still robotics related... the obvious (it's a robot head, heheh), but also because it will make some movements with servo motors controlled by Arduino.

     I intend to make it mimic the movements of my head, but without face tracking or something similar... just with Arduino and some sensors... let's see...

     Notes:

     1. Those who intend to work with fiberglass should use appropriate personal protective equipment.

     2. The video shows some more images and some more notes.

     References:

     1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automata_(film) - Automata (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     2. http://ikkakuro.deviantart.com/art/Helmet-Base-Pepakura-243102849 - Helmet Base Pepakura by ikkakuro on DeviantArt