I have always wanted a life size dummy that was not only pose able, but re-pose able and had a self-contained power source that could be used for countless animations. He needs to be able to stand on his own and could instantly be repositioned to sit or kneel etc. However, as of yet I have never heard of a way to achieve such an animal. With a lot of thought and testing in the fall of 2001, I developed a puppet that would do just these things. With a special joint I developed specifically for this build the dummy is be able to stand up stable under his own weight while the joints remained adjustable without any tools. They can also be adjusted to allow his built in motor to make him stir a boiling kettle or any number of other full motion movements. Here's how I did it.