Hi folks,
I'm working on an arduino talking skull project for a greeter for our haunt for next year. The skull is a cast I made of a high end skull (medical grade realistic) but I rotocast it out of resin to keep the weight down. My intention is to build a skeleton greeter in a booth that is activated by a PIR sensor when people approach, it will greet them and I'm hoping to integrate a 3 axis head movement as well as "lip" synching to an MP3 module that plays my greeting. The entire budget is less than $30. The Arduino uno board was $3, the VU meter board was 99 cents, the servo was $1.20, the MP3 player module was 58 cents, the PIR sensor was 99 cents and the incidentals were somewhere between free and $5. The biggest cost was the skull, but I was able to make a mold and thus I can make as many copies as I need. Honestly, any cheap, blow-molded plastic skull would work fine for this project.
In this video I have just made the servo react to the sound files using the "Jawduino" technique by Mike: http://buttonbanger.com/?page_id=137
So with a LOT of help from the above link and a little innovation, here is the first step of my Skelly Greeter project:
https://youtu.be/HNuj2Mft27Q
I will eventually upload all of the Arduino code as I figure it out (I am brand new to all of this) and I will include a parts list as I get all of the bits and see if they actually work! Till then follow along and let me know what you think or if you have any questions!
I'm working on an arduino talking skull project for a greeter for our haunt for next year. The skull is a cast I made of a high end skull (medical grade realistic) but I rotocast it out of resin to keep the weight down. My intention is to build a skeleton greeter in a booth that is activated by a PIR sensor when people approach, it will greet them and I'm hoping to integrate a 3 axis head movement as well as "lip" synching to an MP3 module that plays my greeting. The entire budget is less than $30. The Arduino uno board was $3, the VU meter board was 99 cents, the servo was $1.20, the MP3 player module was 58 cents, the PIR sensor was 99 cents and the incidentals were somewhere between free and $5. The biggest cost was the skull, but I was able to make a mold and thus I can make as many copies as I need. Honestly, any cheap, blow-molded plastic skull would work fine for this project.
In this video I have just made the servo react to the sound files using the "Jawduino" technique by Mike: http://buttonbanger.com/?page_id=137
So with a LOT of help from the above link and a little innovation, here is the first step of my Skelly Greeter project:
https://youtu.be/HNuj2Mft27Q
I will eventually upload all of the Arduino code as I figure it out (I am brand new to all of this) and I will include a parts list as I get all of the bits and see if they actually work! Till then follow along and let me know what you think or if you have any questions!
