Alexa Ruxpin - Raspberry Pi & Alexa Powered Teddy Bear

There are tons of virtual assistants out on the market: Siri, Ok Google, Alexa, etc. I had this crazy idea...what if I made the virtual assistant real...kinda. I decided to take an old animatronic teddy bear and hack it so that it ran Amazon Alexa. Now every time you ask it a question, it will move its eyes and mouth to answer your question.Watch the video to find out more!
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[@areamusicale]

it's amazing how you made all this with your bear hands. Ba Dum Tss!

[@WizardClipAudio]

Aye,... but your pun is wasted because Teddy Ruxpin is not a bear. It's mentioned quite a few times throughout his adventures. He's an illiop, an imaginary primate in Ken Forrse's extended universe that only happens to resemble a bear.

[@thegreatest58]

Wizard Clip Audio you seem fun at parties

[@wmoecke]

*The Greatest* fun as in, "Bazinga"? LOL

[@rebane2001]

You should make a smart mirror with some plexiglass and a Pi Plexiglass is a mirror, when no light is on the other side, so you can make a display show all black except for the stuff you want to see

[@ExStaticBass]

I know it's been done to death but here's my two cents. I'd love to see this done to a furbie. I think it would be hilarious to see and more fun to watch someone build.

[@zigafide]

Cool I didn't know you could create your own alexa

[@carson_39]

Yeah it just takes a lot of programming

[@universityrepairFL]

Look up Billy Bass Alexa. They even sell them factory now

[@TekNeez]

Oh my god. That's so freaky. You've turned my childhood bear into a monster. That's wild

[@davidharrison67]

geekphreak I had one too

[@jamesanthony8438]

Sorry, but I think Wicked Cool Toys did that when they brought back Teddy Ruxtpin with those evil, weird-assed LCD eyes =)

[@problem9941]

geekphreak wow

[@wumbology8421]

Thank you. Thank you so much. You have shaped me into the person I am today. I first watched your "how to make a website" video years back, and that video alone is what sparked my now immense interest in computers. It's amazing how much an impact a single person can make, and I can't imagine the ways I would be different if it weren't for your video. Once again, thank you, and I appreciate everything you have done.

[@Tinkernut]

thanks so much for the feedback! it really means a lot to me!

[@jimday666]

Wow, this channel has quality and interests my peak too! Subbed right away!

[@Perska]

I'd make the Teddy Ruxpin have a *_3D_* camera and some machinery for the legs, and use a VR headset and a controller to make the Teddy walk around. Also have it repeat whatever sound is fed to the mic?

[@explodingpineapple7471]

Perska If that thing could walk, it would rather be a FREDDY RUXPIN.

[@aeriumsoft]

no, it would be nightmare fuel.

[@johnoshman7635]

Then after he's walking around take all of the electronics out of the Teddy and put them into a My Buddy doll...

[@Mr.Donahue]

Now with dead eyes!

[@rnk482]

This is the first time I've seen your channel. I came here for teddy ruxbin, but see that your knowledge of electronics might be something I'm interested in. I'm now a subscriber.

[@TDGalea]

3:53 | Command line! You've made me proud :)

[@dvdragond2]

Would be pretty cool to see more animatronics or robotics

[@JustinTannenbaum2295]

Just want to congratulate you on another great year of awesome videos. I deff will give this one a try! Thank you Daniel for your inspirationg!

[@Tinkernut]

Thanks for being such a long time supporter!!!

[@xronosabre]

Dude this is absolutely incredible... Teddy Ruxpin was my best friend when I was a toddler, this is one of the coolest throwbacks I didn’t think I’d find ha ha you rock man

[@ryanhuber1491]

That's on a whole new level of dopeness!! Nice work! thanks for informative hack!

[@universityrepairFL]

Nice job! Fun fact: the guy that made Its a Small World for Disney, made Teddy when he retired.

im glad you read my comment on last video and use a rpi :D they are great for ai and automation :d will you add a cam so it can do face recognition?

[@theeverythingplace672]

dude you crazy? this is awesome! so creative and useful!

[@WizardClipAudio]

This is way cooler than the Chippy Ruxpin Project. I'm glad I dragged my ass on hacking my teddy with a dead tape player. I have a grubby grubby too,... so If this works than I'll try that too if I can somehow manage to get components to fit in it.

[@JasonOBrienThinksHeCan]

Awesome build. Had no idea Alexa could be deployed on non-aws hardware, thank you for opening our eyes

[@scratch3406]

I see what you did there

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Hey Tinkernut Thanks for creating the next female good girl doll, You mad evil genius you :)

[@vreeg3917]

Cool! my dad is doing this sort of thing with our 80s arcade machine. It didn't work but he fixed it (everything works except the speakers) and he says he's going to put a raspberry pi into it and make it better and he's going to fix the speakers by finding new ones and removing the old ones. I'm really exited to play with it when he is all done! 😃

[@louisciamillo8690]

i like the crazy collar.

[@fatherdoctor]

so you chose amp modulated... great job

[@MrMKFreak]

Prepare that thing to attach it to a friends toilett, as soon as they go and sit down, have it flush, close the lid and make a horn sound!

[@SudoTech]

OMG that's so cool!

[@Splatzloki]

+Tinkernut can you rig a mini copter drone with a lazer that points down and then program it to hover at a predetermined distance off the ground?

[@staplegun3703]

@Tinkernut Ideas page is down or central america connection sucks it guffy?

[@thijs3e]

this project is very very cool!!

[@agentwd-40dicksteel20]

Pretty cool

[@beastialmoon2327]

as if Ruxpin couldnt get sny more terrifying

[@AlexMcCombie2100]

Total genius.

[@goodBEan]

Wakes up on christmas morning Runs down stairs "WOOT, ITS CHRISTMAS MORNING. MERRY CHRISTMAS" Opens fist present "ITS WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED, the TINKERNUT ALEXA RUXPIN COMMENT SHOW, YIPPEE!!!"

[@goodBEan]

Hows that for the first comment of the show?

[@Tinkernut]

It would've been perfect if I hadn't waited til after the holidays to do the comments show :-/ Sorry, goodBEan...and you worked so hard on it :-(

[@goodBEan]

its cool, I figured this would happen so I had a back up comment already posted. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mairhGp8a7Fkaac&lc=z122dnqhfoaoe5uji04ch1z5evzmd1srnqs0k

[@aryamaanpratapsingh5547]

Could you do a video... like where you make an attachable accessory(pi with Alexa) which can make anything artificially intelligent!! For example a sticky magnet for a refrigerator which can answer all your cooking doubts(I guess you get what I am saying .. right!) That would really be exciting!!

[@andresvillarreal3012]

how did you get a MacBook?

[@misery13666]

I love this so much

[@kulgan96]

next project animatronic glitchpin

[@str8upfune480]

Someone should make a Alexa talking mounted deer head would really be good and talking about freaking people out

[@marten3451]

can you plan on making a raspberry pi into an outernet receiver

[@ignaciocamps9922]

You could use a motion sensor instead of a button to trigger Alexa. Then, by controlling the eyes of the Teddy bear, you could make the eyes open when the bear sees you!

[@Electronic4081]

What code are you using to convert the analog to digital?

[@yuGtahT]

I like the video where they turned the talking novelty wall fish into Alexa.

[@Tinkernut]

That's what inspired me!

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

Hello, Im Teddy Ruxpin - *I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU CRITIC!*

[@FloorEncer]

"Crazy Collar": You can be a bird drawing a predator away with the broken wing ruse. OR The dead RadRoach corpse pose of Fallout games. Dying RadRoaches have the presence of mind to stick out a wing when they are meeting their demise. "I am dead, stop firing on my remains."

[@pavanagrawal1261]

Hey Tinkernut! I think you should use the github.com/alexa-pi/alexapi for the alexa client. The other fork is not updated anymore and has been consolidated into this one. (this one gets updated a lot more frequently...)

[@Tinkernut]

I agree. I had initially used the other one because I had my own fork of it where I edited the original code and added my own custom code. I ended up not using it for this project, but sadly I didn't update my references.

[@MRrwmac]

Nice work on your first animatronics. Really enjoyed it! Didn't see Teddy's eyes move though? Next project: With it being near Christmas, a lot of people have purchased the simple laser light projectors (approx $40h you connect power to and it rotates a simple selection of programmed projections onto the front of your house at night. Could you please show us how we might hack the inboard set of display projections to something we might input ourselves?

[@Tinkernut]

They work. It blinks every 5 seconds...just caught it in between blinks...you can see my previous vid for proof that the eyse work ;-) I like that idea for a laser light projector. I'll look into it.

[@TimurTripp2]

Didn't see the upper lip move either. In revision 2 bear this is controlled by a different servo than the bottom lip.

[@mzfirez1980]

You should make a phillips hue bluetooth light bulb using led lights and a arduino/rasberry pie

[@hungryhungryhummer]

I'm watching this on a homemade raspberry pi 3 smart tv box

[@LetsJustThink]

so have we completely removed the bears circuit board im confused

[@kamoroso94]

"For more go to Tinkernut dot ..." dot what? DOT WHAT?! NOOOOOOOOOO

[@kevinoerlemans6685]

Kyle Amoroso i't is www.tinkernut.com/

[@kamoroso94]

Kevoemie Orker You don't say????

[@swapnilarya4441]

Man dont use that bear in the dark.. those eyes are the last think mankind would see

[@OldGuyStudent]

Could this be modified to someone act like a Bluetooth speaker and or a Bluetooth hands-free device? How hilarious it would be to sit at Starbucks and have a conversation through this. Imagine people who saw and paid attention. They wouldn't know what to truly think.

[@rabbitdrink]

Don't use a full arduino for that. Arduinos only make good prototypes. Use an atmega or even an attiny for that. They are only a dollar each.

[@Tinkernut]

You're totally right on all your points. But seeing as how this was just a prototyping project, the Arduino does fine.

[@aryamaanpratapsingh5547]

Tinkernut where are ur videos dude

[@jmcmahon1931]

Going to try this with Elmo!

[@learnayg]

Nice video.

[@rma2873]

NICE VIDEO

[@Amirt1999]

hello Tinkernut can you make next video "cnc that can drill PCB hole"

[@Woddawic]

We hack all the things and drink all the beer Bravo Sir

[@lehman]

very cool

[@aryamaanpratapsingh5547]

Hey TINKERNUT... it's been a while now... you haven't mentioned me in your COMMENTS SHOW!! It's about time that YOU Dedicate at LEAST 5 seconds of your video for ME!!.. Just kidding.. great video man.. Proud of you!!

[@daab889]

now you only need to add red leds in the eyes of the TEDDY-900 and skynet will be up and running

[@jaxfan]

Damn Macgyver

[@tmobilesux1]

Do you live in Portland Oregon?

[@megafreddyb123]

I wish I had gotten a TEDDY FUCKING RUXPIN

[@ammarnafie9598]

Can you do a GSM door controller ?

[@corneliuseinem3674]

nice video

[@WillOnSomething]

This would be the perfect gift for the person(s) I hate.

[@vicr123]

Should there not be a little "PING" when it starts listening and when it stops listening? :)

[@Tinkernut]

The original code has an LED notified that let's you know when it is and isn't listening. It should be simple enough to modify it so that it plays a tone instead.

[@syunghyukseo]

I saw someone make Alexa to be a moving fish assistant

[@aryamaanpratapsingh5547]

Hey TINKERNUT.. Could u pls make your very own raspberry pi(ur own single board computer) that runs all raspberry pi images!!

[@staplegun3703]

you should try making it a robot bank, by making a encrypted wallet, now you have a alexa ruxpin bank

[@SamTronicshow]

use LED strip to make load progress bar or notification light

[@BrightenCloudLeastPalladium]

i would automate a skull similar to what could be found on the pirates of the caribbean ride.

[@mylifeascry]

you're awesome

[@coolguy9192]

Imaging if you went and made... hmmm.... A smart Porg?

[@azharAD]

Does it have to be an arduino! I think a single transistor will do fine

[@Tinkernut]

Go with what you have

[@swapnilarya4441]

What if Alexa gets an update from Amazon?..How to get that update installed on Rpi?

[@sdecherico]

Are you selling that?

[@MichaelRabbitBass3]

now if you could just change Alexa's name to Teddy Ruxpin. That would be great!

[@manoftheday8704]

Hey man I have been watching your videos since the cnc project but until now I couldn't make it because of driving issues for the stepper so please help

[@GeirGunnarss]

Very cool!! but... how is this a foray into animatronics? This was just a Pi, python, audio conversion video.

[@FloorEncer]

Abraham Lincoln figure at a Disney location 'speaking' in sync or out of sync.

[@Tinkernut]

This was a continuation of my previous video where I hacked a Teddy Ruxpin. So put those together and you have a project where you automate a toy to talk in response to audio. Animatronics, according to wikipedia, is bringing lifelike characteristics to an otherwise inanimate object, so I think it fits the bill.

[@patrickboots7799]

Unless you are doing beginner animatronics like Axtell Puppets or this Teddy, "automated" mouth movement isn't really good. If you want full-size ones like Disney or The Rock-afire Explosion style then pre-programmed skits or live feedback from key-presses are better. For these you'll need an animatronics controller..there is a lot of folks out there who make those. Animatronics is a really fun skill once you get to know it!!

[@Enigminthemist]

I need to do this to my casettape Big Bird! Yep, that just dated me. That toy came out in 1986.

[@sirdrakey]

Nice

[@edricwallace8625]

have you play tattletale

[@athenian2447]

For my own talking animatronic,i say big mouth billy bass.(like the video)

[@AshtonSnapp]

Tinkernut we have a crisis. Someone has hacked my country's nuclear silos and has sent 5 nukes to the comment show.

[@gmm7650]

I WANNA EAT A RASPBERRY PI KNOW

[@AndriusKamarauskas]

i dont know how but maybe you could make something where you use Newton or Lagrange interpolating polynomials:D

[@casualkitty1381]

Too bad you can't get it to talk with Phil Baron's original creepy Ruxpin voice.

[@NahuelNada]

Awesome video, but it would be awesome if you gave it some expression. like making it blink

[@Tinkernut]

It does blink (check out the first video in the series), I just caught it between blinks in this video. If you use the same code that I provide, yours will also blink.

[@NahuelNada]

:D awesome, I just saw it.

[@anonymous7192]

Grey tshirt. Open-necked shirt. Pinstripe waistcoat. Flat cap. "Steampunk" welder's goggles. LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY. LOOK I'M DIFFERENT!

[@MattGreencompguy5]

Can you put this in the comments show, please? I am asking nicely.....

[@JellyfishButterGaming]

could you do this with a humanoid and give it moving arms and legs too and then make it cute

[@lemonyylime]

If I did this, I'd make a some FurReal Friend talk!! XD

[@ShubhamGupta14]

I would rather have the robo as my "mini-google"!

[@KHDecoder]

This video inspired the Child's Play reboot

[@Ed.E]

That's it for this video, for more projects visit tinkernut dot- that was an abrupt end

[@Tinkernut]

dropped the mic too early ;-)

[@Ed.E]

Tinkernut (slow clap) Well done.

[@vicr123]

"That's it for this tutorial, for more, go to tinkernut dot..." Dot what? Did you cut a bit too early? :/

[@kevinoerlemans6685]

Victor Tran maby, but, i't is dot(.) com

[@AlyFizzystopher]

hack into a furby connect and make it sing and dance to any song ever

[@AndreaMartz]

Im lost lol