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Brian Roe playing with Roy's brain (battery) @Maker Faire Meet Roy . He's a swell guy, really. He's also a robot made largely out ofparts cut on a laser cutter, and with your help on Kickstarter, youcan own a piece of Roy, or even your own whole Roy robot. This past weekend, Roy the robot made an appearance at Maker Faireand officially launched on Kickstarter. Roy is an experiment in animatronics --it's a robot designed to imitate human behaviors and even moveand look like a human in some senses.
Roy is made from servo motors , wires, various mechanical fasteners, and some micro controllersand other electronics. But the notable aspect of Roy is his "skin" and frame, which ismade from wood cut on a laser cutter. Using creative patterning,Roy's maker was even able to curve the wood around for the base ofthe arms. Roy's arm.
Credit: Brian Roe on Kickstarter Roy is a creation of tinkerer and mechanical designer Brian Roe , and Brian wants to make Roy's awesome-looking skin and bones(wood and mechanical fasteners?) available to you. Since Roy ismade up of so many parts and components, Brian decided that thesimplest way to do it would be to create a Kickstarter project forjust the arm, for now. But don't worry, you can still hook upelectronics and use the hand and fingers to grip things and tolearn about animatronics. If the arm is successful on Kickstarter, Brian plans to offer upother parts on Kickstarter down the line, including the eyes, upperarm, shoulder, etc.
and eventually you will have yourself a fulllife sized robot to tinker with. Depending on how much you pledge, you can get anything from afinger to Roy's hand, the full arm, or even the entire armcompletely assempled including electronics. If you vouch for acheaper donation then you'll have to provide your own controlelectronics to whatever limb or limbs you decide to get. Make sure to check out the video below and to check out Roy on Brian's Kickstarter page for the full details.
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