Drawing machine

Monday

We decided that our drawing machine would create it's art by pricking the paper with some sort of sharp point e.g a pin or needle(first picture).

The reason for the Scorpion not being used was that, although it did work, it worked too slowly. The tail(which held the pin) took too long to reach the paper, therefore making the gaps between the holes too long. What was left of the Scorpion was completely reconstructed. The new robot was given an extension at the back to hold the pin and move up and down in order to make holes in the paper.

Here is test robot no. 2:


The robot was to be programmed in a specific structured movement while also being effected by it's outside environment in someway. The idea for this was to use light to control the speed of the robot's movement. Light = faster, darker = slower.

Many test runs were used with this design, using a push pin as the sharp object on the end. Eventually the robot got redesigned, once again.