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Meet "Doc" Beardsley, shown here using voice recognition. (1.27 MB)

Doc on religion, with keyboard input. (1.61 MB)

Demonstration of audio perception. (415 KB)

Demonstration of vision perception. (400 KB)
Doc performing a song. (3.60 MB)
Doc performing a seance, inhabited by a classic R&B artist of our time. (2.06 MB)

 

Audio Clips - download RealAudio Video here

Invention - "Antisnooze" Real Audio
Invention - "Change Machine" Real Audio
Invention - "Dog Away" Real Audio
Invention - "Endless Bread" Real Audio
Invention - "Express Lane Plus One" Real Audio
Invention - "The Milkbed" Real Audio
Invention - "Slip n' Suds" Real Audio
Invention - "Sounds of the City" Real Audio
Invention - "The Suburine" Real Audio
   
Song Intro Real Audio
Song about his hamster Slippy Real Audio
   
Doc on love Real Audio
Doc on marriage Real Audio
Doc on relationships Real Audio
Doc on boxing Real Audio
Doc on yaks Real Audio
   
Slippy story part 1 Real Audio
Slippy story part 2 Real Audio
Slippy story part 3 Real Audio
Slippy story part 4 Real Audio
Slippy story part 5 Real Audio
Camp story part 1 Real Audio
Camp story part 2 Real Audio
Camp story part 3 Real Audio

 

The Sculpt -

 

The clay sculpture for Doc’s head (by Todd Camill). The skin itself will be made of silicone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doc's head prior to scanning.

 

Scanning the head into a computerized model for future mechanical design.

 

The Animatronic Figure -

 

This is what Doc looks like from the inside.

 

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The Interactive Animatronics Initiative (IAI) is a joint initiative between the Field Robotics Center (FRC) and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center (c) 2001