Karza was built from scratch with only a basic understanding of electronics.
With help from online tutorials, she eventually evolved into a complex animatronic lightshow.
STEM students might appreciate how she was built, how she works, and how each component looks, feels, and operates.
Software: both Arduino Mega and ESP32 Microcomputers running 4000 lines of C++ code.
Independent components: two cheeks, two ears, upper jaw, lower jaw, nose, eye assembly, horn assembly, top of head, bottom of head, throat smoke generator.
Electronics: Linear Actuators, IRF520 MOSFETs, L298N Motor Controllers, etc.
5-minute demonstration of Karza’s Fire Dragon Lightshow.
25-minute removal of her components for hands-on inspection.
5-minute Tips & Tricks for creating a Fire Dragon.
25-minute open discussion, question and answers.
40 years of programming experience with degrees in Computer Science and Technical Education.
The first Web Programming instructor at GM and taught HTML at Macomb Community College.
Patented inventor (Invention #5,819,23) who single-handedly hand-crafted Karza in his basement over the past twenty years.