Robots Drawing Robots: Chappie Timelapse (As Requested By Neill Blomkamp!) - Robotic Drawing Machine

The Robotic Drawing Machine from Super Make Something episode 13 draws another robot -- the star of the movie "Chappie"! Special thanks to Neill Blomkamp for the request!
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Music credits:
Video: "Crime Fighter" - Play on Loop (www.playonloop.com)

[@shailendrapandit440]

please at least aad a servo to the plotter for the z axis, that would help a lot an give better drawing s

[@semaarrestad4443]

Love the work you do!
Could you do one of Cloud Strife?

[@SuperMakeSomething]

Sem Aarrestad Very cool idea!

[@burnitrc7874]

pls make a video on building a 3d printer with arduino.

[@antonimorales4314]

chippie

[@jbrito2699]

Hello man, from Stockholm, question, Is it possible to put a Z-axis, in this way we would have a plotter to draw projects and other things.
Big hug, and continues with the excellent work

[@SuperMakeSomething]

Hi! It is definitely possible to put a Z-axis onto this machine, but would require some modifications to the code, as well as a slightly different PCB if you wanted to connect everything centrally. Since the motion of the pen for "lifting" it up and down would not have to be very large/complex, I think the most straightforward way to do this would be to replace the spring-loaded pen assembly with a servo motor and an attachment that holds the pen instead.

[@jbrito2699]

tanks

[@ivanramirez6730]

Super Make Something wouldn't it be easier to use a click pen so whenever the machine clicks it will draw and when the machine stops pushing it won't?

[@SuperMakeSomething]

Iván Ramírez That is also a cool idea! You would still need a third actuator in order to push/retract the pen tip, but you may be able to simply add this to the existing pen holder assembly.

[@StreamTV85]

Anyway, you'll need to raise the pen in order to click it properly. Try to retract pen tip while pushing it into the paper.

[@luigis9325]

I'd like to know the name of the software that you've used. Thanks

[@SuperMakeSomething]

gigi S Hi gigi! I used a custom program that I wrote in MATLAB. A link to the code is in the video description of the drawing machine build video.