Moving Mascot of a Water Park, that waves hand, nods head!

Background

[External link] GRS Fantasy Park, Mysuru created mascot figurines (This turtle) for placing them at various locations of the park, to guide visitors and also as a selfie spot where visitors can take pictures of themselves with the mascot.

GRS Fantasy Park is a well known Water Park and Tourist attraction in Mysuru, to cool off during a hot summer days and have a full day of fun! This Water and theme park is run by GRS Group.

A mascot at a water theme park, attracts children and adults and at the same time, provides brand identity for the park. Apart from making the visit memorable, the mascot will remain in memory for the visitor.

When they approached us with to automate the movement of the head and hand of the mascot, we were happy to take up this project.

Product and Technology Description

We designed and built an electro-mechanical mechanism with a control system that makes the mascot nod its head and waves its hand in a synchronized fashion, which creates a WOW Factor!

On powering up, the mascot aligns its head/hand to a preset start position and then starts off the synchronized movements.

How it was built?

The head and hand are fitted with high power geared DC motor with good torque sufficient to handle the load, and then a sensor to synchronize the position. A small microcontroller system inside the mascot synchronizes the motor movements with the sensor and makes it do action.

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