Adam Savage's Animatronic Grogu Build Project!

Published on 2 Jul 2025, 14:00

Adam Savage is finally ready to show the project he's been working on for the better part of this past year: an animatronic Grogu puppet sculpted and designed in collaboration with a brilliant team of Star Wars fans, artists, and engineers. In this kickoff episode, Adam sits down with animatronics engineer Matt Winchell to talk through the mechanics, functionality, and control systems of their baby Yoda replica. There is so much more work to do on this build--stay tuned for more updates to this project as Adam and his collaborators continue their work on this animatronic!

Adam's collaborators on this project:
3D artist Ralph Sutter: ralphsutter3d.com
Animatronics engineer Matthew Winchell: matthewwinchell.com
Kyber Control Systems: facebook.com/groups/1341505756...
Adam's prep work on Grogu's animatronic eyes: youtu.be/MJYrhD4yabY

Shot by Josh Self and Adam Savage, Edited by Josh Self
Music by Jinglepunks

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