I built v1, v2, and now this latest version of this project. Your design and tolerances on this version are nothing short of incredible. The design and entire assembly are a work of art man. Keep up the incredible work you're doing with all of these open source projects. Massively inspiring.
i suggest you to look into esp32d1 mini boards for the wireless board, they are cheap and small but nativel;y support BT and WIFI, on top of having the ESP NOW protocol to talk between each other, they also are 3.3v board so the remote could be powered by a tingle li-ion cell and have the standard usb charger pcb
Brilliant work! I know people in the puppet community would 100% buy finished versions of this. I also think there is a version of this that is rod controlled, no servos required. Not a cable, a solid rod. The rod is pushed up and down, and the eyes move up and down, this fits in the neck. But left to right? Solved by the rod controlling that via being rotated left and right. Horns, like on a servo, attach to the eyes via a linkage system etc. I know puppet people like big eyes, that are sometimes more than 50% out of the head. If the eyes are held in place by rubber bands the eyes can stick out further, and the rod mech doesn't need to have a middle axis because the sphere eyes are being pulled into a socket, that acts like a ball bearing, creating the axis. Just putting this into your head....
I'm trying not to swear, but that is (BLEEPING) amazing! I was already impressed with the original design, but this is a very welcome upgrade. I don't think I've ever seen another eye mech that moved so smoothly and realistically.
I bought 4 sets of tiny hex screws to make the original but my printer at the time was a pos, but now I have an artillery sidewinder X1 and now that I have a decent printer I'm going to try again with this thank you
I've found using a bushing from delrin/HDPE/teflon eliminated a lot of my weak points in snap-fit assembly prints. It also meant a number of my snap-fit components were planar, and could be laser cut from different materials.
Would love it if you would do a video or write-up to walk through and explain all the electronics, wiring, and code used to make your various eyes work.
THIS IS A LIFE SAVER. I was literally making the old one but needed a part. But with this I could just make it super fast. I love your projects and you should make it paid because this is awesome and all your ideas are awesome.
Thanks for showing all of these tips and tricks for animatronics, I believe you have the best educational content in youtube and the website you have is awesome. Thanks again I really appreciate the effort you put on these.
Thanks Will - The mech was printing overnight and I have just started the eyeballs - very grateful for the 3mf files too. Cant wait to order some boards - well done on the design.
Very nice design! Having some difficutlties with the small snapfits. Prinnting a new batch with other less matt material. Hoping that it will decrease the parts that break 🙏🏻
Will, it's nice to see that you're still refining your designs. If you would like to have your designs be able to be used in real world applications, there are a few tweaks that need to be made. The issues I'm running into is that they simply don't fit in most applications. If you want a more "universal" type design that can actually be put in animatronics, the eyes and lids and the mounting brackets for them need to be extended at least 1/2" to 3/4". The problem is clearance issues. They should fit easily in the orbits of the eye sockets. When using them in human 😉animatronic heads, especially skulls, they don't fit.
Oh man, this comes out after I completed one of your other designs. However, the original realistic eye method with the resin cast it's hard to beat. Thank you for sharing these designs!
This is so awesome thank you for sharing. Also, I really appreciate you taking us through your journey of constantly refining your design - this is something that can be applied to all disciplines. Thank you so much
I would recommend you swap out the arduino micro for a D1 Mini ESP32. They only cost $6 and they have wifi so you can easily make a wireless controller. This is a great project!
hi will. It's awesome to see what is done bytpeople like you. I have a couple of suggestions. Looking at the parts, it seems like some of the snap connections are unnecessary. This reduces the chance of broken pins. one example are the eyelid links. the servo horn would seem to hold them in place . I also wonder if the lips need to be so large asi it makes it hard to snap the parts together, requiring a lot of force and potential breakage. Please keep up the awesome work. Regards, Jim
Never thought of it like that, it sounds odd, but I think it is dead right! I watch a lot of TH-cam engineering content, (too much according to camp mother) and the ones that are most memorable are usually cool! 😊
Coolness may be one of the big factors of engineering, but coolness won't matter if it doesn't work, or breaks too easily... another factor of the DFA should also include possible repairs if it is a high ticket item... or difficult to access... Nobody wants that $1000 animatronic if it is a pain to get into and/or breaks down every couple of days. Sometimes you need a mixture of both to achieve both ease of assembly as well as durability and consistency.
If you haven't read them yet, go dig the Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly books for knowledge. Should act as very good supplement for this kind of stuff (even if not within the same tech tree as 3D printing). Neat stuff regardless!
God you are an amazing man, I was going on to design some eyes for a fnaf project and that fact that you offer hours of your brain power and effort for free is mind blowing, I’m sure you know not many are willing to do that. I appreciate all of true work you do, and thank you again
You are absolute incredible and genius Will!! I thank TH-cam algorithm that recommended your channel to me! Like and subscribe is WELL DESERVED!! Keep up the great work. Myself and many more are cheering for you!! 🤖😃🙏
I'm so happy for an updated video since technology is always improving and updating. I have a project I've been stuck on for a while now. This would help so much. They thing it I only need one eye and the build is for the support and working for 2 eyes. Do you have a single eye function?
Very nice project, it makes me want to see it linked to an ia which, for example, would follow the person in the room with its eyes and which could be questioned at any time (funny and very practical for me who works in a studio alone, for example).
I watch a YT'r from Japan who makes clockwork type stuff. He uses brass nails and snips. It's pretty much two hole sizes; one for a tight fit, one for a slip fit.
Will the casted eyes still work with this build? I noticed they do not have the same connections as the eye included and I would rather have the Casted eyes, they look much better.
Thank you so much. I think it's time for a universal 3d printable fastener and ai to help us redesign models for 3dprintables latched and pins etc... but yeah maybe we can make a universal 3d printable fastener or even a metal fastener that's the ultimate screw we can make in bulk for 3d printers or use something already ready to buy like self sealing stem.bolts
I really want to make this but have never bought anything from JLC and a newb when it comes to electronics. Does the PCB come with the components already soldered on?
Have you tried bambu PETG HF? SuperFastMatt loves it for around the house stuff and i agree. It's non toxic like PLA but better in every way, and flexible. It Might have more friction tho, idk
Another cost-down/simplification could be to allow for the MCU to be soldered instead of putting the Arduino on. With a bit of luck the JLC library does have the same or a 100% compatible clone. You probably do not need most of the other components on the Arduino anyways.
I'm excited to try this as I have often used your eye mechs before. I have started printing, but I'm not clear in reading the downloads: which of the files need to be printed? If I'm reading the list correctly there needs to be a ton of parts. Any clarification would be very helpful! Thanks!
could someone describe the ordering process for the PCB for me? That is something I've never done before although I have built previous versions of this mechanism. Also, there's an option for PCB assembly on the website, what is that and do I need it?
When you have circuit board 2.0, can you please offer it for sale. I would love to buy one. Could you design this as single eye? I have a model i need to space the eyes out on. This would make my life so much easier.
Hello I would like to attempt this project, can you guide me on where to look for instructions when it comes down to programming the arduino? Thank you!!🙏
Will's back! Still waiting for the day you upscale your design to fit a FNaF animatronic. Do you think that's something you would ever try? I feel like you would have fun making a video of a fully working FNaF head with moveable eyes, eyebrows, ears, and mouth, etc., and the bonus is that the views are basically guaranteed.
Hi, I live in the UK and I have printed the parts and I am now looking to source the pcb and required components but i am having trouble doing so.I am a novice with regards to electronics so i was wondering if someone could provide some guidance. Many thanks.
I'm currently working my way through basic mechanical engineering and wanted to know if you have any resources for understanding how to design and implement mechanical movements into projects.
ok, this is amazing work! I am a super newbie at making any kind of animatronics and just decided to give this go , but i would like to have this run on batteries and maybe programmed to work with infra red or some kind of movement tracking free of me having to manually control it, if anyone has any direction they can point me to assist me in accomplishing this?
this is really cool :) right now the eyes are also always in parralel, how hard would it to let the eyes cross horizontally i.e look towards each other? the mechanism and eyes look incredibly realistic, but one limitation is that the eyes always seem to be looking into the distance, adding that and some basic object detection and you could have the eyes follow something :D
Expectation: "Wow, I'll print it and assemble quickly! So nice" Reality: 3 days of re-printing parts broken during the assembly (also adjusting the wholes sizes) But totally worth it - thank you so much for doing what you do!
This is one of the best designs I have seen but have you thought about a design that fits a camera in one or both eyes? Thats something I would rush to print and play with.
Fantastic design!!! I'm currently printing this after ditching the screwed version due to a lack of parts. Question for my non-tech brain, can this be used with a Pololu maestro board to add automation?
I would like to know if it is possible to port a programme to esp, take esp32 wroom for example, it has 16 pwm channels, in my area one arduino mic and the price can buy 3 esp32 wroom, I will try to port it later as I have many esp32 development boards
For another challenge you could try minimising the amount of servos? I'm not an engineer so I have no idea what I'm talking about, but 5 servos seem redundant for 3 types of movement
Hi, very cool design! I try to build it on my own but when I upload the gerber (doesn't matter which version), BOM and CPL files to JLCPCB the "component placements step" throws an error: "The system detects components that may be offset from the PCB". Autoalignment doesn't work. Have you maybe not uploaded the correct files or am I doing something wrong?
Not sure if anything has changed since the files were originally uploaded, but I just made a custom order (with a few minor components changes) without issue.
Sorry for writing I'm not that good at writing English. I have an idea that I thought would be fun if possible. I wonder if it was possible to make the eyes look together and away from each other. perhaps with a small threaded rod between the eyes. Greetings Jacob. p.s. Thanks for some great videos.
I built v1, v2, and now this latest version of this project. Your design and tolerances on this version are nothing short of incredible. The design and entire assembly are a work of art man. Keep up the incredible work you're doing with all of these open source projects. Massively inspiring.
Loved the assembly ASMR, was so calming and would watch 30 minutes of it
Who would have thought that about four minutes of "Clicks" could be so satisfying! 😊
Wow 😯 didnt expect this design to get an update. No screws is so smart 🧠 !!!
i suggest you to look into esp32d1 mini boards for the wireless board, they are cheap and small but nativel;y support BT and WIFI, on top of having the ESP NOW protocol to talk between each other, they also are 3.3v board so the remote could be powered by a tingle li-ion cell and have the standard usb charger pcb
I concur. I have found esp32 to be quite superior to Arduino.
Brilliant work! I know people in the puppet community would 100% buy finished versions of this. I also think there is a version of this that is rod controlled, no servos required. Not a cable, a solid rod. The rod is pushed up and down, and the eyes move up and down, this fits in the neck. But left to right? Solved by the rod controlling that via being rotated left and right. Horns, like on a servo, attach to the eyes via a linkage system etc. I know puppet people like big eyes, that are sometimes more than 50% out of the head. If the eyes are held in place by rubber bands the eyes can stick out further, and the rod mech doesn't need to have a middle axis because the sphere eyes are being pulled into a socket, that acts like a ball bearing, creating the axis. Just putting this into your head....
Watching your mechanisms develop over the past couple of years has been awesome
I'm trying not to swear, but that is (BLEEPING) amazing! I was already impressed with the original design, but this is a very welcome upgrade. I don't think I've ever seen another eye mech that moved so smoothly and realistically.
I bought 4 sets of tiny hex screws to make the original but my printer at the time was a pos, but now I have an artillery sidewinder X1 and now that I have a decent printer I'm going to try again with this thank you
I've found using a bushing from delrin/HDPE/teflon eliminated a lot of my weak points in snap-fit assembly prints.
It also meant a number of my snap-fit components were planar, and could be laser cut from different materials.
Would love it if you would do a video or write-up to walk through and explain all the electronics, wiring, and code used to make your various eyes work.
Such a nice update to an already rock solid project!
Damn, Mr Cogley!! You’re an inspiration, well done. Can’t wait to swap out my old assembly for this one, thank you!
Love seeing you still working with this! Got my first printer because I got super into your stuff :)
I deal with DFA/DFM on a daily basis. Nobody seems to focus on it. Good on you!
THIS IS A LIFE SAVER. I was literally making the old one but needed a part. But with this I could just make it super fast. I love your projects and you should make it paid because this is awesome and all your ideas are awesome.
Thanks for showing all of these tips and tricks for animatronics, I believe you have the best educational content in youtube and the website you have is awesome. Thanks again I really appreciate the effort you put on these.
A massive thank you for opensourcing this whole design! it's absolutely great!
Thanks Will - The mech was printing overnight and I have just started the eyeballs - very grateful for the 3mf files too. Cant wait to order some boards - well done on the design.
Very nice design! Having some difficutlties with the small snapfits. Prinnting a new batch with other less matt material. Hoping that it will decrease the parts that break 🙏🏻
wow! 2 min in and already I feel much respect for what you did here! Well done and I really hope I can build / learn this myself
I am getting started with design on CAD and see this gives so much inspiration
Great design! Thanks for everything (tutorial video, project files, etc)!
I was just looking to reprint the last eye mechanism as its taken a beating over the past year. Definitely going to give this a print today
This was unexpected, another eye mech, looks very interesting. Might look into it
Will, it's nice to see that you're still refining your designs. If you would like to have your designs be able to be used in real world applications, there are a few tweaks that need to be made. The issues I'm running into is that they simply don't fit in most applications. If you want a more "universal" type design that can actually be put in animatronics, the eyes and lids and the mounting brackets for them need to be extended at least 1/2" to 3/4". The problem is clearance issues. They should fit easily in the orbits of the eye sockets. When using them in human 😉animatronic heads, especially skulls, they don't fit.
Oh man, this comes out after I completed one of your other designs. However, the original realistic eye method with the resin cast it's hard to beat.
Thank you for sharing these designs!
Great Job Will Cogley, I will try for sure and share it soon with you.
Thanks ❤
this the best project i have seen yet, helped me easily win a school robotics competition
This is so awesome thank you for sharing. Also, I really appreciate you taking us through your journey of constantly refining your design - this is something that can be applied to all disciplines. Thank you so much
Thank you for sharing you knowledge and time with us!
I would recommend you swap out the arduino micro for a D1 Mini ESP32. They only cost $6 and they have wifi so you can easily make a wireless controller. This is a great project!
hi will. It's awesome to see what is done bytpeople like you. I have a couple of suggestions. Looking at the parts, it seems like some of the snap connections are unnecessary. This reduces the chance of broken pins. one example are the eyelid links. the servo horn would seem to hold them in place . I also wonder if the lips need to be so large asi it makes it hard to snap the parts together, requiring a lot of force and potential breakage. Please keep up the awesome work.
Regards, Jim
WIll, this the best 3D design I had the pleasure to build. Great work!!!
Love this comment: "But they are cool, and coolness is the most important factor in engineering."
Never thought of it like that, it sounds odd, but I think it is dead right! I watch a lot of TH-cam engineering content, (too much according to camp mother) and the ones that are most memorable are usually cool! 😊
Coolness may be one of the big factors of engineering, but coolness won't matter if it doesn't work, or breaks too easily... another factor of the DFA should also include possible repairs if it is a high ticket item... or difficult to access... Nobody wants that $1000 animatronic if it is a pain to get into and/or breaks down every couple of days. Sometimes you need a mixture of both to achieve both ease of assembly as well as durability and consistency.
@@edwardpaulsen1074 There's this thing called "humor". You might want to Google it.
If you haven't read them yet, go dig the Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly books for knowledge. Should act as very good supplement for this kind of stuff (even if not within the same tech tree as 3D printing).
Neat stuff regardless!
God you are an amazing man, I was going on to design some eyes for a fnaf project and that fact that you offer hours of your brain power and effort for free is mind blowing, I’m sure you know not many are willing to do that. I appreciate all of true work you do, and thank you again
Thank you very much for your great inspiration and smart work! Very valuable content and highly appreciated!
You are absolute incredible and genius Will!! I thank TH-cam algorithm that recommended your channel to me! Like and subscribe is WELL DESERVED!! Keep up the great work. Myself and many more are cheering for you!! 🤖😃🙏
Awesome work! Just print in some cable management for perfection
I'm so happy for an updated video since technology is always improving and updating. I have a project I've been stuck on for a while now. This would help so much. They thing it I only need one eye and the build is for the support and working for 2 eyes. Do you have a single eye function?
Very nice project, it makes me want to see it linked to an ia which, for example, would follow the person in the room with its eyes and which could be questioned at any time (funny and very practical for me who works in a studio alone, for example).
I could never do this, I find it really hard to work while someone is watching me.
I love your eyes, I wan to make a cyclops with a camera in the middle of the eye I hope I can do that one day. Thanks for inspiring
Paint the eyes with rust oleum transparent glossy paint. Cheap and effective.
I watch a YT'r from Japan who makes clockwork type stuff. He uses brass nails and snips. It's pretty much two hole sizes; one for a tight fit, one for a slip fit.
I looked him up why can't I find him ?
@@codyeasonBGR B/C YT is owned by Google, which means your searches are futile. I'll try to find his channel....
@@codyeasonBGR Here he is: @karakurist
Would it be possible to scale this design up and still have it work fine?
Really really ace work, I guess it's time I start filming some creature features!!
Will the casted eyes still work with this build? I noticed they do not have the same connections as the eye included and I would rather have the Casted eyes, they look much better.
What a cool build! Loving the DFA insights 🙏🏻
Do you have an update on the PCB components. OR better yet any PCB's for sale?
Brilliant project.
Thank you so much. I think it's time for a universal 3d printable fastener and ai to help us redesign models for 3dprintables latched and pins etc... but yeah maybe we can make a universal 3d printable fastener or even a metal fastener that's the ultimate screw we can make in bulk for 3d printers or use something already ready to buy like self sealing stem.bolts
Hi! Could you create and make a Video of a Talking Skull DIY? Like the 3 Axis one from Frightprops.
Given the looks of the filament used on the video miniature, I was wondering if you started to use SLS printing and do the whole thing print in place.
Do you think you will be doing a snap together version of a mouth and neck mechanism would love to fabricate a talking head
I really want to make this but have never bought anything from JLC and a newb when it comes to electronics. Does the PCB come with the components already soldered on?
I'd love to see a video showing the different types of ways to optimize for DFA
Have you tried bambu PETG HF? SuperFastMatt loves it for around the house stuff and i agree. It's non toxic like PLA but better in every way, and flexible. It Might have more friction tho, idk
Excellent video and design. Look forward to more of your work.
Man that purple one in the background 😂💀 0:12
He was dropped as a circuit board
Another cost-down/simplification could be to allow for the MCU to be soldered instead of putting the Arduino on. With a bit of luck the JLC library does have the same or a 100% compatible clone. You probably do not need most of the other components on the Arduino anyways.
Excellent results!
....May be I will give it a try! What layer resolution / infill ?
Great! Can I download the data, or Can I buy the 3D data of this?
I'm excited to try this as I have often used your eye mechs before. I have started printing, but I'm not clear in reading the downloads: which of the files need to be printed? If I'm reading the list correctly there needs to be a ton of parts. Any clarification would be very helpful! Thanks!
could someone describe the ordering process for the PCB for me? That is something I've never done before although I have built previous versions of this mechanism. Also, there's an option for PCB assembly on the website, what is that and do I need it?
When you have circuit board 2.0, can you please offer it for sale. I would love to buy one. Could you design this as single eye? I have a model i need to space the eyes out on. This would make my life so much easier.
Brilliantly thorough as always!
Epic!
Very nice build. ❤
I love this! I’d love to be able to link this with a chat got project I’m working on
Hello I would like to attempt this project, can you guide me on where to look for instructions when it comes down to programming the arduino? Thank you!!🙏
*I have no experience in arduino
been a fan since 2018, awesome stuff, safe to say you convinced me to be a true COG
Thank you so much for sharing. Also those eyes to the left of frame look so funny, all wonky-eyed.
Will, looks great! Do you have any dimensions of this build?
Will's back! Still waiting for the day you upscale your design to fit a FNaF animatronic. Do you think that's something you would ever try? I feel like you would have fun making a video of a fully working FNaF head with moveable eyes, eyebrows, ears, and mouth, etc., and the bonus is that the views are basically guaranteed.
Could you upload the stl files for the snap fit controller.
Hi, I live in the UK and I have printed the parts and I am now looking to source the pcb and required components but i am having trouble doing so.I am a novice with regards to electronics so i was wondering if someone could provide some guidance. Many thanks.
could you list all the components required for your pcb cheers
Can you make it use self sealing stem bolts? I have so many lying around
What specifically pcb should i get? I'm struggling
In the 3D printing/STLs directory there are 43 items. Do all of these need to be printed to make the eyes?
I am trying to order the PCB boards but it wont let me. The site just says error "The file has been used !" anyone know why?
I'm currently working my way through basic mechanical engineering and wanted to know if you have any resources for understanding how to design and implement mechanical movements into projects.
ok, this is amazing work! I am a super newbie at making any kind of animatronics and just decided to give this go , but i would like to have this run on batteries and maybe programmed to work with infra red or some kind of movement tracking free of me having to manually control it, if anyone has any direction they can point me to assist me in accomplishing this?
Hey Will Cogley could ya add cameras to the eye just to see if it could work
this is really cool :)
right now the eyes are also always in parralel, how hard would it to let the eyes cross horizontally i.e look towards each other? the mechanism and eyes look incredibly realistic, but one limitation is that the eyes always seem to be looking into the distance, adding that and some basic object detection and you could have the eyes follow something :D
Hello! is it possible to replace the sg90s with mg90s if we want to upscale this model for slightly bigger robots?
Expectation: "Wow, I'll print it and assemble quickly! So nice"
Reality: 3 days of re-printing parts broken during the assembly (also adjusting the wholes sizes)
But totally worth it - thank you so much for doing what you do!
This is one of the best designs I have seen but have you thought about a design that fits a camera in one or both eyes? Thats something I would rush to print and play with.
Fantastic design!!! I'm currently printing this after ditching the screwed version due to a lack of parts. Question for my non-tech brain, can this be used with a Pololu maestro board to add automation?
Hey Will Cogley, is there any way to make it in different sizes and with only the top eyelid each eye? I'm trying to develop some animatronic things.
I would like to know if it is possible to port a programme to esp, take esp32 wroom for example, it has 16 pwm channels, in my area one arduino mic and the price can buy 3 esp32 wroom, I will try to port it later as I have many esp32 development boards
For another challenge you could try minimising the amount of servos? I'm not an engineer so I have no idea what I'm talking about, but 5 servos seem redundant for 3 types of movement
Thinking about trying to build your great design, but you didn't link the PCB correctly?
Love your work. Thanks for sharing. Are your cads editable?
Dollightful mentioned ❤
Where can we find you pcb design??
Hi, very cool design! I try to build it on my own but when I upload the gerber (doesn't matter which version), BOM and CPL files to JLCPCB the "component placements step" throws an error: "The system detects components that may be offset from the PCB". Autoalignment doesn't work. Have you maybe not uploaded the correct files or am I doing something wrong?
Not sure if anything has changed since the files were originally uploaded, but I just made a custom order (with a few minor components changes) without issue.
could we please have the stl for the eyes please
love the channel
Sorry for writing I'm not that good at writing English. I have an idea that I thought would be fun if possible. I wonder if it was possible to make the eyes look together and away from each other. perhaps with a small threaded rod between the eyes. Greetings Jacob. p.s. Thanks for some great videos.
Thanks a lot! It’s funny that I just printed the old version last week 😂
great vid just a quick question have printed and wired everthing but get no movement on any servo any ldeas