Monk Makes Animatronic Head Kit for micro:bit

SKU: CE07531 Brand: Monk Makes

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This kit provides everything you need (apart from a micro:bit and batteries) to make a talking animatronic head. Its eyes move and the head speaks from a MonkMakes Speaker for micro:bit.

The kit includes software for three simple projects, but we also hope that you will use this kit to write you own programs and you can also add to the basic head mechanism and build it into something even more fun.

This kit takes a bit of putting together. There are quite a few steps to follow and parts to fix together. So, while it is designed for ages of 10 and up you may need a bit of adult help from time to time. Be especially careful with the small nuts and bolts, as these are very easy to lose. When tightening the nuts, use the tiny spanner on one side and a screwdriver on the other, but don't over-tighten the nuts. The kit is based around four laser-cut pieces of acrylic plastic, which have parts bolted to them. heses parts include the servomotors that move the eye-balls, a battery box to power everything (including the micro:bit) an amplified loudspeaker and a servomotor controller board. In the photographs, the acrylic pieces have their white protective films still attached to make it easier to see them. You can carefully peel these off all the pieces of acrylic leaving clear plastic or leave them on. It's entirely up to you

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