u/WuBuilt

▲ 264 r/esp32

I made a tiny ESP32 robot face. Now I’m trying to figure out how to make it feel alive.

This originally started as a small ESP32 AMOLED display experiment.

But after adding a few simple expression states like proud, helpless, cautious, and angry, it started feeling less like a UI demo and more like a tiny character.

Right now I’m trying to figure out the next step: not just the body itself, but how to give it actual presence and personality through movement, sound, timing, and interaction.

Would you go with:

  • wheels
  • legs
  • touch interaction
  • sound
  • or something completely different?
u/WuBuilt — 2 days ago