We built a robotic wrist and gripper to move a commercial hand puppet. The components mainly came from Lynxmotion and VSA was used to encode the motion. The audio is from a rehearsal session for the Thriller video. It can be purchased from Amazon.
Here is a video of the puppet in action:
YouTube - Legend of the Wood Animatronic Dragon
Thread: Animatronic Dragon
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Werewolf
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Animatronic Dragon –
08-20-2009,07:32 AM
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08-20-2009,08:34 AM
*applause* that was brilliant!
Life is too short to not do what makes us happy, keeps us sane, or both.
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Werewolf
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08-20-2009,11:08 AM
Thanks. We were pretty happy with it too. I'm planning to build on what we learned with the dragon to build a graveyardskulls skull this weekend. If it turns out well, I'll post a video.
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Great job!!!! –
08-21-2009,01:49 AM
Awfully nice !!!
Had a great time watching the video !!!
Peter

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Werewolf
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08-22-2009,02:03 PM
German Newbie,
Thanks!
Asterix0
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Ghost
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Where did you get the dragon? –
08-26-2009,05:29 PM
Wow! Nice prop. Can I ask where you got the dragon?
Thanks, Shalloween
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Werewolf
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08-28-2009,05:35 PM
Shalloween,
Here's another place to find the puppet:
TheHorrorDome.com Red Dragon Puppet
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Crypt Keeper
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08-29-2009,01:42 AM
Thanks for the link. I didn't know they existed. I know where some of my $$$ are going to goIt's available several places. One is:
Red Dragon Puppet - The ABoyd Company



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