FLOATING YODA
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Designer, Engineer
September 2022
Mechatronics
Individual Project
An Actualization of My Dream Desk-toy
My Floating Baby Yoda project was made with the prompt "Stranger Than Fiction" in mind. To build a project around this prompt, I took Baby Yoda, a fictional character, and brought it to life.
To achieve the effect of bringing Baby Yoda to life, I used a magnetic levitation module to mimic "The Force" and mechatronic components to control his head and eyes.
Production
I started with a 3D model of Grogu and hollowed the model out while adding features to allow the eyes and head to be moved. The modeling was completed in SolidWorks. The parts were all 3D printed and some
painted.
The motion of the eyes and head are actuated by two servos in the body. The two servos are controlled by a Xiao RP2040 microcontroller which is powered by a small LiPo battery. I programmed the eyes and head to move at random intervals to give it life.
Levitation
The floating part of the project is built on top of a magnet base with a DIY levitation module found on Amazon.
A demonstration of the under the hood floating mechanism is shown in the video below.
An Actualization of My Dream Desk-toy
My Floating Baby Yoda project was made with the prompt "Stranger Than Fiction" in mind. To build a project around this prompt, I took Baby Yoda, a fictional character, and brought it to life.
To achieve the effect of bringing Baby Yoda to life, I used a magnetic levitation module to mimic "The Force" and mechatronic components to control his head and eyes.
Production
I started with a 3D model of Grogu and hollowed the model out while adding features to allow the eyes and head to be moved. The modeling was completed in SolidWorks. The parts were all 3D printed and some painted.
The motion of the eyes and head are actuated by two servos in the body. The two servos are controlled by a Xiao RP2040 microcontroller which is powered by a small LiPo battery. I programmed the eyes and head to move at random intervals to give it life.
Levitation
The floating part of the project is built on top of a magnet base with a DIY levitation module found on Amazon.
A demonstration of the under the hood floating mechanism is shown in the video below.
An Actualization of My Dream Desk-toy
My Floating Baby Yoda project was made with the prompt "Stranger Than Fiction" in mind. To build a project around this prompt, I took Baby Yoda, a fictional character, and brought it to life.
To achieve the effect of bringing Baby Yoda to life, I used a magnetic levitation module to mimic "The Force" and mechatronic components to control his head and eyes.
Production
I started with a 3D model of Grogu and hollowed the model out while adding features to allow the eyes and head to be moved. The modeling was completed in SolidWorks. The parts were all 3D printed and some painted.
The motion of the eyes and head are actuated by two servos in the body. The two servos are controlled by a Xiao RP2040 microcontroller which is powered by a small LiPo battery. I programmed the eyes and head to move at random intervals to give it life.
Levitation
The floating part of the project is built on top of a magnet base with a DIY levitation module found on Amazon.
A demonstration of the under the hood floating mechanism is shown in the video below.