Building a robot?

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

As Jeffbert has pointed out in another thread,
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8253

AI systems have a long way to go before they become as smart as a pre-teen, let alone sentient. Still, humanoid robots are making progress:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fspectrum.ieee.org%2Fautomaton%2Frobotics%2Fhumanoids%2Fhonda-new-disaster-humanoid-robot&ei=NrbpUcqAJoaI9ATUs4DQCA&usg=AFQjCNGTw4smeLkk74Saj7dnDw_sYZbTcg&sig2=dOwf7doV2ohVOns-RUw14w&bvm=bv.49478099,d.eWU

I started to wonder about building a robotic 'puppet', IE: something that might not have any intelligence at all, but could serve as the basis for developing simple systems. I found this:

http://tjrobot.weebly.com/

I need to google for how to work with using fiberglass-epoxy to make a 'shell' to go around something like this. I figure I can control the movement of eyes with 7 servos (includes eyebrows) and 2 more the mouth. That's just for the head, but it's a logical place to start. Sorta kinda a do it yourself audioanimatronics.