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Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Hrabar, Stefan |
| author2 | Sass, Andrew |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7717 Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark Hrabar, Stefan Sass, Andrew Mechanical Engineering Includes bibliographical references. This report describes the design, construction and programming of an animatronic Aardvark that was built and successfully used in the filming of a wildlife documentary for National Geographic. The animatron was required to walk, move its head, and have as many facial movements as possible. These requirements were met by using hobby servos to produce the movements, and control was achieved with a Motorola based micro controller (the Handy Board). The proportions of the animatron were based on those or a real aardvark, made to approximately 1/4 scale. The final product met all the requirements and was filmed on location interacting with a real aardvark. 2014-09-29T07:26:15Z 2014-09-29T07:26:15Z 2002 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7717 eng application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering Hrabar, Stefan Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| title_full | Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| title_fullStr | Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| title_short | Design and control of an animatronic Aardvark |
| title_sort | design and control of an animatronic aardvark |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7717 |
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