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Background

The team decided to go with a horror themed animatronic project inspired by the 1979 film "Alien". Our team aims to recreate the famous "Chestburster" scene with our own creative spin.

Tutorial

FAQ

Q: How does the alien come up and down?
A: The Alien is attached to a taut spring and the mechanism that prevents it from popping up is a wooden slab that lays on top of the alien. To activate the motion, the slab will rotate and the spring will allow the alien to pop up. When the motion is over, there will be a ratchet winch system that will pull the alien down using a string connected to it. The wooden slab will rotate over the horizontal alien body and prevent it from popping up when the winch motor stops.

Q: Why did you choose Arduino instead of Raspberry pi?
A: At first, we thought we wanted to use Raspberry pi because it was python based and that's the only programming language we all knew. We found out that it was actually different from the python we learned and that it would be a better idea to learn a different language. It was better to get out of our comfort zones.

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