ELVIS: ® That's ®ight™ @ WAL-MA®T (ELVINATO®)

™he Elivinato® P®ojec™ HI, I would like to introduce you to a project that I have started since the first of the year. It all happened when I saw the WowWee's Elvis Alive bust. I have been working on an animated head on and off until I seen this. This was just what I was looking for, a head that moves, turns, eyes that move and a mouth that moves. The Elvis had all of it, so I started to think what am I going to do with it? I started talking about the head on www.RoboCommunity.com and got a lot of ideas but the one that I liked the most was to turn the Elvis into the Terminator. So the name The Elvinator was born. This project is a very hard robot to build and to make the necessary mods including making your own main brain board, constructing the Terminator eye with a glowing red LED, building the jaw piston, re-skinning the face to look like it has been burnt off and of course programming it to move, recognize voice and learn as it interacts with people. As you can see where I am in the project just look at my Avatar photo, yes that is the Elvinator. So I would like to show you whats inside him and how to modify the Elvis and turn him into the Elvinator. This project is not finished yet but I will be adding more steps along the way. I not sure how many steps but I know there are a bunch. I am using a Basic Stamp 2 from Parallax right now for testing purposes then I'll make a board that is controlled by a PC once I get to that point. This is the first step in transforming Elvis to "The Elvinator," an ongoing project. This first article is about opening your Elvis to reveal some of its electronics. The next article will be about removing the skin and so forth. step 1 Capturing the magic of this monumental performer is a lifelike singing and talking bust of the best selling solo artist in U.S. history. Motion captured facial animations and a leather jacket styled from the Elvis Presley 68 Comeback Special complete the most authentic recreation ever of this legendary artist. Whether youre his greatest fan or new to the man and his music, you can listen to, sing along with and learn more about the life of the man known as The King of Rock and Roll. step 2 Modes: -Alive (TCB™) mode Elvis animates autonomously, tracks movement and makes the occasional famous Elvis remark. -Song mode Select a song and let Elvis entertain you. -Monologue mode Hear about the life and times of Elvis, in his own words. -Sing through (Share the spotlight) mode Plug in a microphone (not included) and song cartridge to sing along with Elvis, or turn his vocals down and sing along with the track. step 3 Microphone shaped remote control: - access functions: volume, play/pause, song and monologue selector - select a mode External music playback: - Plug in an external music source and enjoy the music with Elvis step 4 Song and Monologue Cartridge #1: Elvis comes alive, recounting 37 monologues about his life and singing eight of his best loved songs, including: That's All Right™ Hound Dog Heartbreak Hotel Love Me Tender Jailhouse Rock Blue Suede Shoes Trouble Baby What You Want Me To Do step 5 Technical specifications: Dimensions: 20.25H X 21.75L X 13.75D Infrared vision sensors 10-watt stereo system Audio line in Mic line in (1/4 jack point microphone not included) Memory card slot Power source: 2A AC/DC adapter included Or 8 D and 3 AAA batteries (not included) step 6 step 7 step 8 step 9 step 10 step 11 step 12 step 13 step 14 step 15 step 16 step 17 step 18 step 19 step 20 step 47 step 48 step 56 step 59 step 60 step 64 Hot Pour Vinyl Next is the hot pour vinyl, you need to be out side or in the garage with the door open and fresh air coming in. When heat the hot pour vinyl it gives off a very bad smell so don't do this in the house!! Mix up the hot pour vinyl and pour it in a small dish that you can throw away. Very slowly heat it up to 375 deg F or unit it becomes clear, now let it heat up till its just a light brown and cut the heat fast. Be sure you do NOT get this on your skin it will burn you fast. Use a throwaway brush and apply it all over the burnt part of the skin even on the jaw piston if you want because it will pull away after the piston moves. Let this dry 1 day and after that apply a small amount of baby powder on the face to get rid of the shine and stickiness of the vinyl. Congrats you'r done with the effects of the Elvinator effect. Next is making the face move and I'll add this later for you as we continue this long instructiable. I really hope you all are enjoying it as much as I am. And please leave a comment to let me know what you think. GWJax image not found 500x375 : FL0G31GFINOAO2A (0)