RoboDuckBuild

Build progress

The duck fills in as parts get made. Hover over a part, or over a plate below, to see which is which. Last updated 21 October 2026.

  • Still to make
  • Printed or in handFitted to the robot

So far

18 of 20 plates printed, about 39 of 41 hours.

Feetech HD-1910 servos: 16 on order.

389 g of about 421 g of filament in the printed parts, not counting failed attempts.

Milestones

  1. Parts ordered
  2. Print file tuned for the H2D
  3. Screen and camera fitted to a face
  4. PLA plates printedDone
  5. Head running on the bench stand
  6. TPU soles and beak edges printed
  7. Servos arrived and tested
  8. Legs assembled
  9. Calibrated
  10. Stands up on its own
  11. First steps

Every print plate

About the print file

Matte White

  • W1Printed

    Body shell, left

    1 h 34 min, 16 g

  • W2Printed

    Body shell, right

    1 h 35 min, 16 g

  • W3Printed

    Thigh shells

    1 h 43 min, 18 g

  • W4Printed

    Battery cage

    2 h 28 min, 27 g

  • W5Printed

    Base bracket and head servo support

    2 h 3 min, 30 g

  • W6Printed

    Hip brackets

    1 h 5 min, 10 g

  • W7Printed

    Hip outputs

    1 h 59 min, 22 g

    Came out fine, with wisps of support material that brushed off.

  • W8Printed

    Leg links

    1 h 23 min, 15 g

    Third attempt. The recess at the tab tip needed a sacrificial skin.

  • W9Printed

    Hip plates

    16 min, 3 g

  • H1Printed

    Hood

    12 h, 100 g

  • H2Printed

    Face plate, screen clamp and XIAO bracket

    1 h 30 min, 13 g

    Face plate v1, printed front-down.

Matte Grey

  • G1Printed

    Head base plate

    3 h 56 min, 48 g

  • G2Printed

    Hip and thigh plates

    31 min, 6 g

  • G3Printed

    Head brackets

    1 h 8 min, 10 g

  • G4Printed

    Neck and ankle spacers

    14 min, 2 g

  • S1Printed

    Head bench stand (a bench jig, not part of the duck)

    3 h 10 min, 89 g

Marine Blue

  • B1Printed

    Bill

    1 h 48 min, 18 g

  • B2Printed

    Feet

    3 h 23 min, 31 g

    Blue ooze hairs and strings on the uprights; the file now prints them with no supports.

  • H3Printed

    Eye ring and camera ring

    26 min, 4 g

TPU

  • T1Not yet

    Foot soles

    1 h 4 min, 19 g

  • T2Not yet

    Beak edges

    49 min, 13 g