Edwin Wise’s book, Animatronics: A Guide to Animated Holiday Displays, is the perfect guide for bringing your holiday decorations to life. This hands-on, project-oriented book covers simple, classic projects and advanced motion animation used in professional mechatronic systems. Along the way, it includes tips and tricks for sculpting and decorating all your self-operated mechanisms.

While other books on the market describe only static displays, this book provides the advanced hobbyist with the tools needed to create a complex animated display. The book is targeted at intermediate and advanced builders and covers four broad categories:
– electrical animations
– pneumatic animations
– servo animations
– control systems
It also includes “background” projects such as stationary systems and how to make water glow under black light.

Animatronics guides you through projects to build and control AC motors and pneumatic systems inside your animated props. It also includes some overlap with Wise’s previous book, Applied Robotics, dealing with sensor and MCU control projects. Whether you’re a seasoned animatronics expert or just getting started, this book has something for everyone.”

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