{"id":1150,"date":"2014-06-11T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T08:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2014-06-12T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:00:23","slug":"build-your-own-touch-creature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/build-your-own-touch-creature\/","title":{"rendered":"Build your own Touch Creature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/96167838\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>The following tutorial is\u00a0a detailed, step be step explanation, how to build:<\/p>\n<p>2 tentacles.<br \/>\n1 body to mount them together.<br \/>\n4 Servo motors to move the tentacles.<br \/>\n1 Arduino to control the motors.<br \/>\nAll the pieces are laser cut.<\/p>\n<p>Materials needed:<br \/>\n1.\u00a01X\u00a0<a title=\"Mounting\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Mounting.25&quot; .ai\">Body Mounting<\/a>:\u00a024&#215;24&#8243; size, 0.25&#8243; thickness\u00a0sheet of material.<br \/>\n2. 4X <a title=\"Pulley\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Pulley.125&quot;.ai\">Pulleys<\/a>: 24&#215;24&#8243; size, 0.125&#8243; thickness\u00a0sheet of material.<br \/>\n3. 2X <a title=\"Tentacle\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Tentacle_.125&quot;.ai\">Tentacles<\/a>:\u00a024&#215;14&#8243; size, 0.125&#8243; thickness\u00a0sheet of material.<br \/>\n4. 4X <a title=\"MG995\" href=\"http:\/\/www.servodatabase.com\/servo\/towerpro\/mg995\">MG995 Servo motors<br \/>\n<\/a>5. <a title=\"Arduino\" href=\"http:\/\/arduino.cc\/en\/Main\/ArduinoBoardUno\">Arduino<br \/>\n<\/a>6.\u00a0<a title=\"MPR121\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/products\/9695\">MPR121<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a title=\"eye lids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/25-Pack-Stainless-Steel-Screw-Rings\/dp\/B003NAYQH2\/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ac_2?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=0G834FHQVG0YPEZS6R43\">2X eyelids<br \/>\n<\/a>8. <a title=\"Beadalon wire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00198U4V2\/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">Beadalon\u00a0wire<br \/>\n<\/a>9. <a title=\"Jewelry crimps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beadsmith-Variety-Plated-Crimp-Beads\/dp\/B007JMCD6Q\/ref=sr_1_16?s=arts-crafts&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1402439787&amp;sr=1-16&amp;keywords=jewelry+crimps\">Jewelry crimps<br \/>\n<\/a>10. <a title=\"Wire Rope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmaster.com\/#3461t32\/=scpm3r\">Conductive wire-rope<br \/>\n<\/a>11. <a title=\"ArduinoCode\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Sensing.ino\">Code<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open Source:<br \/>\n1. <a title=\"Mounting\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Mounting.25&quot; .ai\">Body Mounting<\/a>\u00a0Illustrator file<br \/>\n2. <a title=\"Pulley\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Pulley.125&quot;.ai\">Pulleys<\/a>\u00a0Illustrator file<br \/>\n3. <a title=\"Tentacle\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Tentacle_.125&quot;.ai\">Tentacles<\/a>\u00a0Illustrator file<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<a title=\"ArduinoCode\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Sensing.ino\">Code<\/a>\u00a0Arduino file<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><br \/>\nTest pieces for pressure fit. There is a layer in the <a title=\"Mounting\" href=\"http:\/\/steintalya.com\/itp\/open_source\/week14\/Mounting.25&quot; .ai\">Body Mounting<\/a>\u00a0file, that is different sizes of squares for the same piece. Every laser cutter varies in speed and power, and the material you choose.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1129 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/00-e1402438061441-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"00\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/00-e1402438061441-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/00-e1402438061441-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/00-e1402438061441.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 2<\/strong><br \/>\nChoosing material. Think well about your material. In retrospect- I regret using plexyglass. Useing Plexiglass is an easy answer for rapid prototyping, and it looks good. Having that said, I throw\u00a0away so much of it through the\u00a0process of building the creature, using\u00a0a very polluting material.\u00a0I&#8217;m still in the process of looking for the right material, and for now- I&#8217;m using plywood.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 3<\/strong><br \/>\nGet your tools together<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/51-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/51-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/51-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/51.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 4<\/strong><br \/>\nPutting the actual tentacles together.<br \/>\nEach piece is .25&#8243; bigger then it&#8217;s previous (in hight). Make sure you don&#8217;t mess up the order.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1131\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/21-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/21-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/21-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/21.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe outside\u00a0diameter\u00a0of the rubber tube is 0.25&#8243;, and the size of the center circle of each piece is 0.23&#8243;. That way it&#8217;s all pressure fit, and has no use of glue or anything else to keep the parts in place.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/4.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere is 1&#8243; between every part.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/8.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nI used <span class=\"item-title\"><a title=\"Beadalon Wire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00198U4V2\/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">Beadalon 7-Strand Stainless Steel 0.026-Inch<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0wire to control the movement of the tentacle, and used <a title=\"Jewelry crimps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beadsmith-Variety-Plated-Crimp-Beads\/dp\/B007JMCD6Q\/ref=sr_1_16?s=arts-crafts&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1402439787&amp;sr=1-16&amp;keywords=jewelry+crimps\">jewelry crimps<\/a> to tie the wire.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/7.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 5<\/strong><br \/>\nBuild pulleys. Each pulley has 4 pieces.\u00a0The 2 smaller parts, are for the inside, and the bigger ones are for the outside. The reason 2 parts have a bigger whole, is for the pulley to sit in the motor mounting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/11-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/11.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nJust stick the 4 parts together, and screw the motor mounting on to it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/111-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/111-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/111-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/111.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 6<\/strong><br \/>\nThis part\u00a0is built in order\u00a0to keep the right left pulley in place while operating.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1125\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5037-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5037\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5037-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5037-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5040-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5040\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5040-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5040-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Step 7<\/strong><br \/>\nThe mounting.<br \/>\nNow that all our parts are put together, we can assemble the creature.<br \/>\nExcept the parts which are already glowed together (and never need to come apart), the creature is pressure fit. You can always take it apart, and rebuild it in another place and time. Also if a motor burns out, you can replace it easily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/12-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/12.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/13-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/13.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/15-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/15-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/15.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"17\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/17-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/17.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/18-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"18\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/18-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/18-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/18.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1147 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19-e1402439134909-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"19\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19-e1402439134909-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19-e1402439134909-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19-e1402439134909.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Step 8<\/strong><br \/>\nCode and electronics.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m using a as the\u00a0<a title=\"MPR121\" href=\"http:\/\/bildr.org\/2011\/05\/mpr121_arduino\/\">MPR121<\/a> for\u00a0conductive sensing. It&#8217;s the only thing powered by the Arduino. It tells me which tentacle is being touched. The motors are being powered by an external, high current power supply.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/19.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_50331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_50331-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5033\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_50331-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_50331-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following tutorial is\u00a0a detailed, step be step explanation, how to build: 2 tentacles. 1 body to mount them together. 4 Servo motors to move the tentacles. 1 Arduino to control the motors. All the pieces are laser cut. Materials needed: 1.\u00a01X\u00a0Body Mounting:\u00a024&#215;24&#8243; size, 0.25&#8243; thickness\u00a0sheet of material. 2. 4X Pulleys: 24&#215;24&#8243; size, 0.125&#8243; thickness\u00a0sheet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its_alive","category-project-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}