The folks on the various Halloween mailing lists have contributed over 600 DIY project HowTo's which have been collected by a member. Some pretty inovative animatronic stuff there. Take a look at
You might also want to check out the Teleo modules from MakingThings:
http://www.makingthings.com/
They have C interfaces that run on most any Posix system, including PCs, Macs, and Linux. They connect via USB. I have been writting a mini-sequencer for controlling them for use in my haunted house animatronics.
Very well documented and some interesting projects that use the devices, including an infinite maze. It is the size of a small room, but the hallway walls move so you can travel through it forever.
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The folks on the various Halloween mailing lists have contributed over 600 DIY project HowTo's which have been collected by a member. Some pretty inovative animatronic stuff there. Take a look at
http://www.markbutler.8m.com/monsterlist.htm
to see how they make their magic. -Chuck-
You might also want to check out the Teleo modules from MakingThings:
http://www.makingthings.com/
They have C interfaces that run on most any Posix system, including PCs, Macs, and Linux. They connect via USB. I have been writting a mini-sequencer for controlling them for use in my haunted house animatronics.
Very well documented and some interesting projects that use the devices, including an infinite maze. It is the size of a small room, but the hallway walls move so you can travel through it forever.