In the animatronics biz, we call that compliance. The bird can have quick movements but it should still be very fluid. You can do this with normal programming but the coding process can be a little tricky sometimes.
You did a very nice job on that armature there, by the way!
Very promising. The secret to organic animatronic movements is to realise that animals are not made of rigid aluminum with rock hard rigid bearings. Animals are made of goo and have slippery rubbery cartilage for joints and stretchy tendons.
It is largely the imprecision and fluid damped sloppiness that makes animals loo the way they do.
If you can build as much imprecision and "wonkiness" into your designs they will move more naturally.
in this project im not looking for "smooth, sloppy" movements. studying birds i have realized that there movements are sharp, quick and very robotic like. and this works great coming from a robotics background. but yes maybe one day i hope to build a life like animal that will include all these life like organic movements. this project is still more robotic than animatronic as it using code and not just direct puppeteering.
@GregOrca thank again for the advice. animatronics is one job iv always wanted to do. unfortunately things dont always work out. i have seen your work before, and i have even studied it to get ideas and knowledge. May be one day ill get the opportunity to get close to some real projects.
i have other ideas in mind so i will apply all advice i get.
@innerbreed
In the animatronics biz, we call that compliance. The bird can have quick movements but it should still be very fluid. You can do this with normal programming but the coding process can be a little tricky sometimes.
You did a very nice job on that armature there, by the way!
BlueSkaros444 9 months ago
@BlueSkaros444
thanks for your comment. the wings have been removed from the project but you can see the final design on my channel
innerbreed 9 months ago
wow! this is awesome!
furybrosstudios 11 months ago
Hi.
Very promising. The secret to organic animatronic movements is to realise that animals are not made of rigid aluminum with rock hard rigid bearings. Animals are made of goo and have slippery rubbery cartilage for joints and stretchy tendons.
It is largely the imprecision and fluid damped sloppiness that makes animals loo the way they do.
If you can build as much imprecision and "wonkiness" into your designs they will move more naturally.
youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqoAcpep0
GregOrca 1 year ago
@GregOrca thank you,
in this project im not looking for "smooth, sloppy" movements. studying birds i have realized that there movements are sharp, quick and very robotic like. and this works great coming from a robotics background. but yes maybe one day i hope to build a life like animal that will include all these life like organic movements. this project is still more robotic than animatronic as it using code and not just direct puppeteering.
innerbreed 1 year ago
@innerbreed
Hi. The process I refer to does not result in sloppy movement but prevents the unnatural rigid bounce you see in your bird.
It also applies to the dealing with feedback from feedback sensors to prevent unnatural movement
My control system principle was incorporated into the "Walking with dinosaurs" robots to allow their hydraulics to be organic.
I pioneered the principle on this hydraulic crocodile for Peter Pan.
youtube.com/watch?v=BeCnrfaqB6s
youtube.com/watch?v=BXa-QXf4XMo
GregOrca 1 year ago
@GregOrca thank again for the advice. animatronics is one job iv always wanted to do. unfortunately things dont always work out. i have seen your work before, and i have even studied it to get ideas and knowledge. May be one day ill get the opportunity to get close to some real projects.
i have other ideas in mind so i will apply all advice i get.
thank you.
innerbreed 1 year ago
very impressive! but also really scary!
kattejuice 1 year ago
@kattejuice what us also scary is i uploaded it at January 11, 2011, 11:11 AM... spooky. non-intentional!
thanks
innerbreed 1 year ago