Roboticist Gives Alexa a Face

We’ve seen Alexa hacked into various devices, from Teddy Ruxpin to Big Mouth Billy Bass. But roboticist Steve Studnicki has taken things to the next level by giving Amazon’s voice assistant an actual face — one in which resembles Elvis wearing a couple of dangling earrings and a baseball cap.

“ELVIA” was brought to life using EZ Robot software and a Sabrent USB audio card that controls two mouth servos, which sync the animatronic lips to Alexa’s words.

Sure, we could write more about this extremely cool yet creepy project… but we’ll just let the video speak for itself. You can also check out this earlier version powered by Google’s Android as it interacts with an Echo Dot and display emotions.