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The system maps 52 ARKit blend shapes (facial... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/controlling-my-robot-head---with-my-own-face-animatronics-3dprinting-engineering-zrvdzxooj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zRvDZXOoJ.png og:image:alt: Controlling my robot head - with my own face #animatronics #3dprinting #engineering og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Controlling my robot head - with my own face #animatronics #3dprinting #engineering **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A maker built an animatronic robot head controlled by their own face using Apple's ARKit face tracking framework. The system maps 52 ARKit blend shapes (facial poses) to manually configured servo positions on the robot head. 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