Animatronic Owl

This owl model is a remix of nathanstenzel's remix of a remix (Thingiverse:693371) of an owl model originally created by cushwa (Thingiverse:18271).

The nathanstenzel remix separated the owl's head from the body and created a small storage space inside a 6-inch owl. My remix involved: (a) scaling the model about 170% to create a 10-inch model with a neck wide-enough to accommodate a small servo, (b) adding two small vertical posts on top of the body to keep the servo-holder in a fixed position, (c) hollowing the eyes (for RGB LEDs), and (d) adding a hole on the owl's back side for connecting wires from the servo, motion sensor, and LEDs (mounted inside the owl) to a microcontroller (located outside the owl). With electronics added, the end result is an owl whose head will swivel to either side while its eyes flash red and orange (or any other color) whenever someone triggers the "radar" motion sensor mounted inside the owl.

More detailed information on printing the parts, wiring the