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Animatronic Mascot Head
Build an original Laue Labs desk character: laser-cut 3mm birch plywood head shell with 2–3 micro servos for mouth and eyes (optional brow). Family-friendly keepable animatronic—blank geometric plates; you invent an original character, never licensed IP.
Digital guide + cut files + BOM + code · Parts sourced separately · Ages 8–14 with adult help
Pack contents
- Skull sides, face plate, jaw, eyelid, servo tray SVGs
- Shell → jaw → eyelids → expressions guide
- First-principles: linkages, expression DOF
- Expression sequence firmware
- Verified BOM (~$36–109 hardware)
Typical hardware cost
Default structure is laser-cut birch plywood with real fasteners and hobby electronics you can source—honest BOM, not mystery modules.
- ~$36–109 in typical parts (makerspace cut toward the low end; mail-order toward the high end)
- Digital pack price ≠ hardware
The $12 pack is the digital guide + cut files + BOM + lessons + code, plus printable Builder's Corner build journal pages. Hardware is sourced separately — see Where to get kit materials. Buy with Stripe is live below.
Questions? Email us at lance.haney@gmail.com.
Pricing
- Home / Personal license $12
- Classroom license $45 — 1 teacher, up to 30 studentsOne $45 Classroom license covers one group of up to 30 students. Each additional group needs another license.
- Build materials available at cost + 10% — email for a quote
Learning outcomes
- Design a jaw as a revolute joint with servo linkage
- Actuate eyelids or eye disks
- Sequence expressions without binding
- Finish an original desk animatronic worth displaying