Archie V2 on Alex's shoulder: a blue 3D-printed robot owl, with a reflective upcycled CD wing feather and moonstone eyes.
Alex by the Ocean in Biosphere 2, with a tiny owl robot peeking out of her bag. It's 3D-printed in blue/green "Quantum" filament, and has simple blue origami wings (adapted from a crane base) with some feathers painted on in nail polish.
Alex at Supercon '23, wearing a black Archimedes (Prince Stolas) with a little gold wire crown. (Alas, it has no brain yet!) I'm sorta tickling its wing. You can also see my ESP8266 programmer PCB/earring, styled like a Ouija board planchette.
Parts for Prince Stolas: shoulder harness with a servo gimbal, plus a Companion Core PCB strapped on, which holds an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense; head with crown and wonky rubber eyebrows; USB hub for running power separately to the Arduino and servos.
Kicking this off with Archimedes, the #owl #CompanionBot in that first pic! Made him for #BayArea #MakerFaire '18 with a #RaspberryPi, then updated in '21 w/ an added #Arduino for servos.
Been working on little Nano'Medes and a new "Prince Stolas" version! 🦉🤖💙✨
V2: www.hackster.io/glowascii/ar...