The Haunted House

The Haunted House is a robotic house built for an art project involving the design of a haunted house. The rooms are built of Lego and the case is cardboard and paper. There are 5 rooms in total, each one featuring a different function. Sounds and motors were added to make it a spooky and cool house. Watch the video at the side to see it in action.

The bottom left room features a staircase and a door with a giant inside. This is the only room without lights or motors, but a lot of effort still went into the design of it. The staircase has many cylinders with plates to make the railing and the door has a black plate behind it to block the light and wires behind it.

The bottom right room features a falling and rising chandelier and a ghost. The chandelier is held in place by a piece of string sandwiched in between a plate and a cylider tube. A motor at the back controls the chandelier.

The top left room has a swinging block that swings left to right. The top of the staircase also goes here. An RIS motor controls the block, while the RCX is controlled by the NXT via an IR sensor. These are very useful for controlling the RCX, a PF motor, or a train. This sensor is also used in ARIX.

The top middle room has my personal favourite, the rotating torture chamber. This features a small spinning chair that flips around and shows a skull, much like the classic rotating bookcase found in Scooby Doo and other shows/movies with haunted houses. A bevel gear and motor concealed at the back control the room. A large structure holds it in place, and connects to many parts to prevent it from moving.

The top right room showcases a spiral staircase and flashing lights. The staircase goes up into the attic, which when you browse through the pictures, will see that it leads to nothing. This room is simle due to a time constraint for the due date of the project. This room was going to have a small zombie that popped out of a small hole in the ground.