Making an Animatronic Tiki Bird
by robotmakerjezus in Circuits > Robots
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Making an Animatronic Tiki Bird
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Recreating a tiki bird!
Supplies
Time alot of time
Cylinders
3d printer
Computer
Cylinders
3d printer
Computer
Picking a Bird
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My inspiration for this bird is a bird that used as a gift for senior imagineers when they left the company
Getting a 3D Model Made
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The first step is having a 3D modeler recreate the bird I used Fiverr to outsource the cosmetics and them make it hollow so I could model the insides with tinkercad
Creating the Mechanics
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I used to tinkercad to model the supports for two pneumatic cylinders I'm using a rotary cylinder for the neck and a small one-way cylinder for the mouth
Finished Product
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This is the finished product printed in Black pla plastic the final movements are head turn and mouth.