Animabotics - What is it?

Animatronics + Robotics = Animabotics.

"Animabotics" is a term that came to me as I was working on an idea about combining Animatronics with Robotics, since animatronics are generally controlled remotely using manual joysticks or some form of automation that is built into a computerized control system. Robotics is a term that can refer to any form of automated machine-based system, and my aspirations are toward building works of kinetic art that can also be developed into interactive kinetic art, ultimately autonomous and/or controlled by a user or audience. A first version of this type of animabotic work was a simple walking humanoid robot, but this is not my main focus, just a first work.

My first Animabot was a four-legged frame and the legs were powered by miniature servo motors.

The second Animabot was a two-legged design and here is the torso.

The full body of the Animabot contains the approximate number of servo motors, but the torso must twist in order to duplicate a human body, so there needs to be a motor-system installed at the base of the "spine".