Spiderman Projects

Reactive Mask and Webshooters

Spiderman Mask

The mask was made with the goal to help practice safe and well organized wiring as well as CADing very unique/odd shaped components. A second version would expand on the two by seeing if the wiring could be laid out in the mask walls through CADed wire paths.

Left Web Shooter

The spiderman web shooters have two main types of webs, the first are long webs that pull and grab things as well as allow him to swing from them. The second type are pellets that are fired individually and pop on impact. The left web shooter is made to handle the first type using a servo, pulley, CO2 cannister, CO2 nozzle and switch, compressed air powered vacuum and a thin long 3D printed filament tube attached to a suction cup.

Right Web Shooter

The right web shooter is made to fire the pellets. It is comprised of a CO2 cannister, CO2 nozzle and switch and pellet cartridge. The pellets will be paint balls filled with extra sticky silly string to create the iconic web pellet look on impact. Both web shooters will share the same 3D printed body and trigger.

Mask

Mold

The body was drawn up in CAD and then 3D printed. In order to print it the design had to be cut in half in order to fit the 3D printer. It took a few adjustments but the third version fit my head comfortably with the electronics and had the iconic look nailed.

Electronics

The main components are 2 IR sensors, 2 servos, 2 AA battery packs, 2 power switches and an arduino Nano. The IR sensors are used to detect the movement of the cheek on either side to indicate the lenses should move. The servos move the lenses, the power switches determine modes as well as power and the Nano is the control center for it all.

Code

The code is written in the Arduino IDE. It uses an if statement based on the value of the switches, first it checks to see if the first switch is on, then checks the second switch to determine the mode. If the switch has a value of 1, then it is in dual detection mode(each sensor and eye moves independently). If the value is 0 then it will only use the left sensor and both eyes move in sync. The IR sensors work on the same premise. If the value is 0, the eyes are open and if the value is 1, the sensor is covered and the eyes are closed.

Web Shooters

Left

  • The web is shot when the trigger is pushed down, releasing the CO2 cannister pump and disengaging the motor on the pulley.
  • Once the trigger is released the vacuum will activate, making sure the suction cup truly grabs the surface it connects to via a vacuum seal.
  • The web will be retracted via pushing the trigger up, running the motor backwards and respooling the tube around the pulley.

Right

  • The pellets are fired one at a time via the C02 cannister and pump each time the trigger is pulled down. Once the trigger is released the chamber is reloaded with a new pellet from the cartridge.
  • Once the cartrigde runs out, it can be removed by pushing in the side pins and then pulled from the back of the web shooter. A new one can then be slid in its place and use can begin again.
  • The second version will include a screen display that includes battery and number of pellets left in the cartridge. The ammo count will tick down each time the trigger is pulled and can be reset via a button on the top of the web shooter located under the screen.