A friend of mine, Mike Munoz, from the Art Center Design College in Tucson, AZ has been working on a rigging machine for a couple of months now. It's shaping up to be a really strong tool.

It works very similar to other auto-rigging tools, where you are given the controls and loators, you place them where you want and hit the rig button. It has all the features i enjoy in a rig. Where this machine really shines is in the face setup. Yes, that's right...it has an auto face setup. Any kind of character you can think of, it should be able to rig. And not only that, it has a fair amount of range. Whether your character is cartoony or realistic, it is able to achieve an apporpriate level os "pose pushing".

Keep an eye on his blog for updates!

http://eleazermunoz.blogspot.com/