9 Animatronics
Key Points
- ■ History
- ■ Design philosophy
- ■ Technology
- ■ Components
- ■ Construction
- ■ Operation
- ■ Application
Introduction
Since the second edition was released, my knowledge and comfort level with animatronics has increased a great deal, but I’m still about as far removed from being a mechanical engineer as you can get. Now that I know more about it and have a number of projects under my belt, I hope my comfort level will transfer to you so you’ll be eager to take the plunge as well. I still remember holding my first servo and watching how it moved when a joystick on an R/C (Radio Controlled) transmitter moved back and forth; I understood! It made sense. It makes sense. As a visual learner, I can read about things all day long, ...
Get Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
