Introduction: Robot/Art
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About: Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional Pacific I…
Video of Vangogo, robotic painter, and other kinetic sculptures by Tim Anderson. Directed by George Fifield
Another instructable shows how you can build your own Flying Fan seen in this video.
Another instructable shows how you can build your own Flying Fan seen in this video.
10 Comments
14 years ago on Introduction
Whatever happened to the robot paintings?
16 years ago
how dose that weird floating brush thingy work?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Looks like it is suspended with four wires stretching out to the four corners of that "X" structure where the painting is attached. The wires are probably moved with servo motors at the corners, driven and coordinated by the computer.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
totally... how does it move?
15 years ago on Introduction
lol nice pic
16 years ago on Introduction
Man, I'd love to see how that 'painting machine' works. It really has something that makes it attractive...
16 years ago on Introduction
Love the line about throwing buckets of paint and getting a creative block, hey! What about making a boxes from a creative block and selling them on to galleries, they would snap em up.
16 years ago
Wow. That's just neat to watch. Makes me want to meet you, Tim.
17 years ago
This is great! (also, it is a finally-fulfilled promise from a nether region of your old 'home' website; still waiting for 'how to do 3D printing from salvaged DEC writer parts). I had to wait to open it from my office computer though -- dial-up just ain't good enough.
17 years ago
Cool I share some of you're soul too, im off to make a fan like that.