About our Terror Ted
Terror Ted is what happens when we decide to make our own Halloween decorations, and indeed he stood guard for us at our door this year (2021), as over 50 trick or treaters came to call.
Terror Ted is a standard teddy bear that was perfectly normal when he arrived with flowers one day.
He has been completely reconfigured now. For his face, we found a piece of chromed/polished metal that had been sitting in our robot materials box for some time. We removed half of his original face and carefully adjusted the plate to try and resemble the part of his head that we had just removed. We paid particular attention to getting the red light for his eye in the correct place. The light is actually an old red bulb warning light, recycled from a very old appliance, that we have re-adjusted to hold a red LED instead.
His tummy was cut open and a piece of perforated metal was placed inside him, to give the appearance of some sort of skeletal structure underneath. His right leg was similarly done, however while we did insert a perforated plate into his leg, we also used an old BMW E46 droplink to resemble a metal bone inside his leg and to give it some depth. His left leg was entirely amputated and replaced with an artificial leg that was skeletal again in design. This was, as many of our projects are, made from meccano. It was rubbed down and weathered.
To finish him off for the time being (and in time for Halloween 2021), we attached a plastic chain to his left arm, and the internals of a jigsaw powertool to his right. These both give him an imposing stance and shadow when he stands up on his own (see pictures).
To make him look more ominous, we made a quick and simple circuit from four LEDs (three green, and one red), wired them in parallel, and sent the wires through the middle of the bear to the back, where there is yet another opening for his battery pack. We also shaved him in select areas.
He’s not very happy with us!
For now, Terror Ted is not strictly robotic, however in the future, while he will remain static, we aim to integrate multiple sensors into him so that he can respond to being picked up, to voices and even just passers by. We will likely use some sort of MP3 system with a range of scary sounds for Halloween and beyond.
Full Stats:
Version: 1.0
Designation: Terror Ted
Utility: Exploration/Fun/Scaring People
Purpose: Home Education/Halloween
Weight (total): 600g
Relative Speed (to our other robots): Slow (static)
Switches: 1 x built in power button
LEDs: 4 x LEDs to backlight our modifications to Ted (3 x green / 1 x red)
Power: 2 x 1.5v AA Batteries
Video Here Soon
Terror Teddy – Gallery
