Having built a simple single-eye mechanism in the past, I wanted to improve on the design as well as making it more accessible to the maker community. The updated assembly uses parts that can easily be bought online, and almost all the components can be printed easily without supports. Designing the model in this way does sacrifice some functionality, but I'll be releasing an optimised design in the future. This project is ideal if you want to build a functional and realistic eye mechanism, but don't necessarily have access to tools like a lathe or speciality components. Components and Materials:
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Mark Greco
11/6/2019 09:08:01 pm
Most parts printed, Electroics Friday!!! On my way to the finish line.
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11/8/2019 11:52:22 pm
all the 3d printed parts of mechatronic eye are available but eye lid and eye lid connectros are missing kindely upload those two
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Thanks for creating and sharing this project!
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Jordan
11/18/2019 06:27:48 am
Hey Paula, I was thinking of doing the exact same thing, am i able to grab your design to put a camera in? Hadn't got around to figureing out how to create enough room for a camera to be placed behind/inside the eye yet
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Adam F
11/13/2019 08:45:08 pm
Here's the Instructables link: https://www.instructables.com/id/Simplified-3D-Printed-Animatronic-Dual-Eye-Mechani/
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Roland
11/16/2019 03:27:20 am
You know what you really missed that would have made it the perfect most brilliant tutorial, project, and model?
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Andreas
1/29/2023 03:00:29 am
Order it by amerzone in Germany, I payed for 10 servos only 21 euro.
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GRÉGORY JEUNESSE
1/1/2020 03:47:30 am
Hi. Happy new Year.
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Maria
2/15/2022 06:52:15 am
Hello Wil, can this be made with a microbit? I am running an animatronics club and want the students to make a simplified version on the eye. Is it feasible?
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Yanis
4/1/2022 03:07:04 pm
Hi , your project are super cool ! I have a question , I tried to upload the code on the arduino but it says error . Both the codes , the eyes one and the control one . Any suggestions?
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Wessiez
10/1/2022 09:55:17 am
Hello Yanis,
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Manuel
10/20/2022 10:36:21 am
thanks for this tutorial! I wondered if you had a sketch to use the eyes wit a prefixes series of movement ( so without the joystick and button)?
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ken micone
7/15/2023 05:15:24 pm
ok i am new to this but havibg fun learning i have put this together and installed the sketch as directed the issue i am having is when i power it up the servos cycle through in order but thats all they do. they continue to cycle until power is cut and i do not get a working syginal from the joy stick
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Dave Reiber
7/26/2023 03:03:33 pm
i built this, but, when i power it up, some of the servos spin continuously and others behave as they are supposed to. any ideas?
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Ziyay
8/5/2023 09:17:11 am
Thank you for the great project. Can you share the Fusion 360 cad files?
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Chris
9/3/2023 10:24:01 am
I really love this design, but I need to scale it up considerably for a larger head. I cant just grab everything and scale it since screw holes and servo mounts would also scale and nothing would fit.
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Ken micone
9/3/2023 06:27:50 pm
I upscaled mine and I filled in the holes and drilled them out later worked well for me
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Chris
9/3/2023 06:30:55 pm
The holes aren't my biggest concern. The spaces for the servos are a perfect fit. What did you do for those?
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Vladimir
9/8/2023 08:55:12 pm
Hello! You can throw off the updated eyes with a depression for the pupils!
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Steamlight
9/26/2023 04:03:45 pm
Do have and still file version?
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JDJ
10/15/2023 09:28:52 am
is it possible to use a raspberry pi 3B instead of an arduino? i'm in middle school, so i don't exactly have access to a large amount of funds, I know an arduino uno is only 30 bucks, that's how broke i am.
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isaac
11/14/2023 03:26:22 am
Can somebody send me the arduino code?
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Victor
2/14/2024 06:35:16 am
Hey I had a problem with your link for power supply it sent me somewhere rather inappropriate. Anywhere I could get an actual link?
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