Arduino and IR camera animatronic Grim Reaper

[@haywardhaunter2620]

Great use of the IR cameras, and a nice visualization and analysis to find a way to track the warm bodies. I love how you combined many different skills to make this an amazing and unique Halloween prop.

[@drewdatification]

Wow. This was a well thought out and executed idea. Bravo Mr. Sixty-Eight. Definitely inspired me to create my own animatronic designs

[@1empyre1life]

This is fantastic. I can't believe there are so few views! I'd love to build this, but at my current skill level would certainly be a challenge.

[@ssskids123]

Just spectacular work! Thank you. Been working on a similar problem and had hit several dead ends. Did not know about the ir array chips which is awesome. Thanks a million!

[@rachaelb9164]

Oh duh… I don’t know why I never thought to use costume patterns to create props. This is awesome.

[@luckirsten-roger2457]

Hello ! Great animatronic ! Could you share the STL files for all the 3D parts please ?

[@magic.marmot]

That's really clever. I've thought about doing something similar with IR LEDs and phototransistors, but this is a nice twistt.

[@towednack]

Great video! I'm still learning electronics so I only know the basics of it. Always liked this kind of thing. Your creation gave me so much inspiration to study even more :)

[@scaresandsparks]

Very thorough and well made video. Great attention to detail too.

[@madryboy]

this might be a random ask but any chance you can post your stl files for the servo holder/mount im trying to make a similar project but without the sensors just making it turn back and forth but I'm unfortunately not very good at modelling

[@AuzzyDeeProductions]

This is awesome. I am new to the Arduino game, and was curious if this effect would be achievable with some PIR sensors instead of a camera. Thanks for a thorough video!

[@pacoarreza]

GREAT VIDEO !!!!! ! Could you share the STL files for all the 3D parts please ?

[@RifuSanders]

Salam dari indonesia, aku sangat suka dengan kerja keras dan karyamu sungguh luar biasa pak 🙌

[@MakerMike-bx5ms]

This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@GregGranito]

This is fantastic @68percentwater. As others have mentioned, would you consider uploading your stl files for the print to the google drive? You have inspired me to take this project on!

[@morbid_faith]

as others have asked, do you have the STLs available? Thanks!

[@cmpenney]

Agreed, I'd even be willing to pay for them.

[@Eriiiiiiiick]

VERY COOL SIR. Did you scare some kiddies?

[@LordHog]

This is very nice. One question though. I am still confused to where the camera is mounted in the final assembly? Is it part of the mechanism where the servo is housed?

[@68percentwater]

No, I placed it at the foot of the figure facing up slightly so that it sees the people against the sky as a background for better discrimination. I place a thin black plastic bag over it to help disguise it (plastic trash bags are transparent to the IR frequencies used by the camera)

[@MyNomis1]

can you share the 3d files please !!!

[@Patat0four]

As a tribute to this amazing project, we will make one this halloween. Would you be open to share the 3D files to save us some time and filament ? Kind regards.

[@svenaagejensen8162]

It looks awesome Is it possible to receive the file for the 3D print?

[@kriswaygood9168]

Stumbled upon this while looking to make a very similar prop.. except my plan is to have a head dangling from the outstretched arm, and have it swivel to follow the trick or treaters. How did this work when multiple people walked by or going in opposite directions?

[@68percentwater]

Generally it stayed on the first target until it left the field of view. While the algorithm dithers between the two targets, the motion smoothing routine prevents the servo from moving fast enough resulting with the first target being tracked. However if the second target is hot enough, it will move to and track it. This is demonstrated in the video when the van drives by and it leaves me and tracks the van. Groups are tracked near the leading person as that is the greatest differential between samples (background to person vs person to person).

[@atecnologiaconalegria]

Great Job! Love it! I would love to teach kids doing some animatronics for Halloween. Would be great if you can share the 3D models to take a look further. Would you be so kind? Thanks in advance and congratulation!

[@cmpenney]

Are the STL files for your printed parts available. This is a great mechanism that could be used in a bunch of places. I'd be willing to pay for them even if they are on a pay site.

[@rachaelb9164]

You could probably sell the files for a few dollars if you don’t want to just give them away for those of us that suck at CAD lol.

[@LordHog]

Fantastic job

[@steverileyretired]

Great Job, well done

[@ToPProjectsCompilation]

Hi, your project is great. We want to feature it on our channel (with proper credits). If it sounds good, then kindly reply.

[@68percentwater]

@ToPProjectsCompilation, Sure, that sounds like fun. Go ahead.

[@dennisfriedl]

Great project. Can you please share the .stl files or offer where I could them?

[@RobloxKid-rt6su]

I might make this btw where did you get the mask?

[@zuverinb]

That is awesome!!!

[@rachaelb9164]

Oh duh… I don’t know why I never thought to use costume patterns to create props. This is awesome. I would probably add a mask or something to give the head more shape and so you don’t see through the whole thing. Way cool.

[@trkeenan2]

I am really trying hard to get the circuit and program to work. I have the new sensor and wondering if I have them oriented correctly. If anyone is still reading there response could you help me out

[@68percentwater]

@trkeenan2, Yes I’m still here. Describe what your symptoms are and I’ll try to help. Though I’ll be honest, this project was at the limit of my skills and I’m a little surprised I got it to work.

[@trkeenan2]

This project is way beyond my limits. I am very impressed with what you have figured out with the programming. I have the project sort of working. It is not very responsive and does not track me at all. When I put my finger over each sensor the servo will move in that direction. I am wondering if I have the pair of sensors angled correctly with each other. They are side by side and close to a 30 degree angle. I do get the array data on screen which tells me the sensors are working. Do you have any ideas what may be wrong?

[@68percentwater]

@@trkeenan2 The way I figured out I had the right orientation was to add a couple of lines in the code to write the array values to the screen and then passed my hand through the field of view and watched what values changed. The first time I did this I found my rows and columns were transposed.

[@trkeenan2]

I got it to work. My sensors were rotated by 90 degrees. Can you tell me how you figured out the 30 degree cant on each sensor.? I am trying to understand how to mount them and their position to each other. Thanks so very much for inspiring me on this project! @@68percentwater

[@trkeenan2]

I got it to work! Found that my sensors needed to be rotated by 90 degrees. Can you tell me how you figured out the sensors needed to be canted by 30 degrees? @@68percentwater

[@zugalo333]

I really like this but think I would have definitely went with a USB power supply.

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

weird music, nice build, welding required.

[@christianandreoli5638]

Hi, congratulations, very beautiful, impressive, I'll try to build it... do you write the program for arduino, is it there? Thank you

[@68percentwater]

Christian, Thank you. Check out the google drive link in the description. It has the program (which Arduino calls a sketch) and the library files needed. Good luck!