A small independent film company, The Management Productions, asked the Robot Group if we had a robotic head that they could use in their movie.
Babbling Head takes a road trip
The Babbling Head was working and available so we agreed. The film is called Armadillo News and follows the antics of a high school journalism class. Filming was done in the parking lot of St. Paul’s Lutheran church.
Krista Lundquist and her Dad, Eric Lundquist, set up Babbling Head
Armadillo News was shown at the Texas Union Theater on Saturday, May 22, 2004 and made its public debut in October 2004 at the Austin Film Festival.
In the film, Armadillo News, Edmond, the evil genius, is seen with Babbling Head in its role as NewsBotEric Lundquist stands by at filming of Armadillo NewsEric Lundquist plays the unheralded role as hero by making the cart easier to roll across the asphalt (with an ordinary pizza box)Producer-director, Chris Rose, looks on in awe as Eric Lundquist reprograms Babbling Head for its next lines.
[Text and images originally from http://wiki.therobotgroup.org/wiki/ArmadilloNews]
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