ZOOO: A Rotatable Multiple Animatronics Stage

Introduction

ZOOO is a multi-animatronics stage that can control several animatronics simultaneously. It simplifies the procedure of scripting motions for multi-animatronics as well as enriching interactions between animatronics. With supporting software, interactions like dancing, chatting, chasing, and hide-and-seek can be created quickly and intuitively.

Features

Insert and edit motions easily
Add motion Sequences with one click
View motions intuitively
Create various interactions

Technical Brief

ZOOO.app is built with NW.js, an app which allows us to build native apps with web technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript). In addition, we used Arduino to connect the ZOOO.app with the servo. After ZOOO.app receiving the command from users and sending it to the Arduino controller, an Arduino file (/Arduino/ZOOOToArduinoToUSC32.ino) will be used to analyze and convert the command and send it to the servo controller.

The hardware consists of 3 branches, 3 rotatable panels, 1 rotatable base, 1 Arduino Leonardo board, 1 servo control board, up to 23 servos and 1 power supply system.

Team Members

Qiuyu Lu
X-Studio, Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University

Yejun Liu
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

Chengpeng Mao
Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University

Qiuheqi Zhong
X-Studio, Tsinghua University

Zhiyi Ma
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Advisor