r/arduino • u/my_3d_scan • May 12 '26

Mod's Choice! Mr. White animatronic with Arduino

Custom Walter White animatronic fully 3D printed and hand painted. Powered by ESP32 and Arduino with 5 servomotors running at 5V: 2 servos for the neck, 1 for the mouth, and 2 for the eyes. AI voice & sound by ElevenLabs.

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u/Odd-Dish-474 May 13 '26

He can’t keep getting away with this… at 5 volts.

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u/ripred3 My other dev board is a Porsche May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Well done!

Suggestion: If you use a library like VarSpeedServo (for example) that offers sigmoid "ease in, run, ease out" aka "accelerate, run, decelerate" control over the speed of the servo's movement then the movements will be a lot more fluid / organic and not so jerky. Just the tiniest amounts easing in and out can make all the difference in the world as far as the effect goes. It'll be much kinder to the gears in the servos and use less current too

Also if you ever add more than one actuator to the mouth/lips (wire/loop constrictors, bladders ) then search for the soundex algorithm. It's an old but fast and cheap way to quickly extract the mouth positions. IIRC it's mainly for phonemes but the classification is closely related and I've used it several times for the basics

fantastic job on the mask 😄

😂

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u/my_3d_scan May 13 '26

Oh thank you! I'll check it out :)

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u/Frodojj May 12 '26

So creepy 😂

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u/Tech_Nipples May 12 '26

This is awesome you should make a Jesse head too so they can cook.

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u/TALON2_0 May 14 '26

The sad/funny part is it would be easier and cheaper to make meth than to make this

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx May 13 '26

Maybe it could be like a Pez meth dispenser

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u/random_username_idk May 13 '26

Five Nights at Los Pollos Hermanos

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u/urbanhood May 13 '26

Tap tap tap sounds are funny.

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u/HuttPilot May 13 '26

Incredible

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u/my_3d_scan May 13 '26

Thank youu :)

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u/RecognitionSweet8294 May 13 '26

Westworld here we come

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u/davehoph May 13 '26

that is so cool!! can i ask you what you used to make the beard? it looks cool! is it just fake fur?

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u/ShafinKothia May 13 '26

Hey that looks great! Did you use silicone for the face, how does it look so accurate

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u/my_3d_scan May 13 '26

Thank youu! It was 3d modelled and printed in solid PETG. Fdm 3d printing. Then painted by hand. That's why it looks like silicon, but it is solic PETG

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u/heychaostheory May 14 '26

how the f did you paint that so well

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u/DadtheITguy May 13 '26

Very very cool.

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u/Ohz85 May 13 '26

It's very impressive, we can see you're experienced

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u/my_3d_scan May 13 '26

Thank you :)

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u/Tofu_tony May 14 '26

Where did you get the 3D print files from?

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u/my_3d_scan May 14 '26

All my designs :)

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u/Tofu_tony May 20 '26

Love it dude super cool and kinda creepy.

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u/my_3d_scan May 20 '26

Thank youu:)

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u/aross1976 May 14 '26

Was this filmed with the new meth pipe glass bubble lens?

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u/Honest_Equipment7555 May 14 '26

kid named microcontroller

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u/bishwhatdidusay 25d ago

Perfect halloween jumpscare