Vibrobot Paintings

Yet another chapter in the "Let A Sculptor Make Drawings And Paintings Chronicles" Now with video!

Step 1 Build a Vibrobot

You've seen them all before: Vibrobots. Neat little toys using a pager motor, a toothbrush head, and a battery. Cute, aren't they?

Comments

[gmjhowe]

sweet, u get some nice effects there, i was just trying to turn an old toohbrush into one of these, but i cut thru the wire! no soldering iron *sobs*

[hay_jumper]

I added no solder on this... Electrical tape, hot glue and rubber bands are all that make this run. Don't despair, but ask yourself "What would MacGuyver do in this situation?"

[dunnos]

who the hell is macguyver

[techturtle2]

that's sad.

[jjj_9]

lol

[codongolev]

seeing as nobody in the last year has decided to be helpful, I'll step up to the plate: macguyver is a guy from an old tv show that would use random objects to make amazing inventions (ie using sodium, a jar, and water to make a bomb to blow out a wall).

[dunnos]

thats a load of bullsh*t, where would one get some pure sodium when in an emergency -_-

[jjj_9]

lol

[codongolev]

probably from a lab somewhere. I think that's where he was trapped. anyway, I've never watched the show, but the mythbusters did a thing on it and it didn't work.

[dunnos]

yah, i know, thats why i claimed it was bullshit :)

[jjj_9]

lol

[chuck norris]

You must be joking, right?

[hfletcher2]

Oh. . . you're Chuck Norris. . . that's great.


xD

[BuzzChild]

what!!!!!!!!!!!

[gmjhowe]

trust me, its a resolder job. i never was a fan of macguyver (b4 my time)

[lukev2]

awesome!!!

[Gonazar]

it seems to only make circular patterns, maybe you can use a combination of motors to get a more random movement?

[jjj_9]

u could make bristlebots they tend to go staright or in big circles

[makechan]

I have done this with a simple solar powered BEAM bot with two "twitching leg" motors. The bot goes toward light with a zigzag motion. I taped a Sharpie as a tail and let the beast go on a slab of cardboard on my roof. Thirty minutes later a spiral shape with a punctuated dots, where the bot was charging, was there. My project was very simple, considering i had the bot made already.

[Patented]

Nice things!

[budsiskos]

you should try putting a servo on the top to control ballast so you could remotely control it

[GorillazMiko]

That's awesome. Maybe put some stuff around the paper so it doesn't go out of control. Nice job.