• Researcher Sam Potozkin created a life-sized functional replica of C-3PO’s head that uses AI to listen and respond.
  • The head was 3D-printed, hand-sanded, and painted with a metallic gold finish and clear protective coat.
  • The internal system runs on a Raspberry Pi 5 with autonomous AI, a microphone, and an exciter that uses the head shell for sound.
  • Software converts speech to text, processes it with a language model, and returns a response using a voice model inspired by the original character.
  • All code and 3D files are publicly available on GitHub with detailed documentation.

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