Drawbot

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See the video at http://alexleut.com/drawbot.html

This was my first legitimate "robot." I hacked it together from an arduino and a RC car chassis. Bizarrely, the forward/backward for the drive motor was pretty unproportionate. Because of this, my attempts at doing stuff like rendering golden spirals (via a little fibs generator) didn't work, so I just ended up using stuff in its way to keep it from getting out of control.

I plan to make a more controllable bot, maybe this time with modified servos or steppers to drive it.

Stuff used:

  • Standard Arduino Duemilanove
  • L293D based motor shield from ladyada (http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/)
  • Cheap RC car
  • Lots of tape

 

 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/drawbot
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I like the pen showing its

I just watched the video from your link. Very neat!

Can you add some more details on the components and build? What can you program it to draw?

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re:
More details added, nothing too fancy. :slight_smile:

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hi

i want that kit …

how can i do this one my self

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1. Create robot2. Add
1. Create robot
2. Add marker
3. Program moves to make the marker write what you want
4. Sip lemonaid and enjoy!