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Drawbot x2: SKYCAM!

Skycam uses two Drawbots to move an object to any point in a room using a computer. With a proper attachment piece in the center it could be used for awesome timelapse animations, perform otherwise impossible camera movements indoor, or deliver inter-cubicle jellybeans.

Get all SkyCam parts and assembly instructions on thingiverse.

This is very much a work in progress that takes a back seat to all the paying customers. If someone wants to give it a try, please let me know your results. I haven’t published the source code yet, which will be a major hurdle – I’ve never tried to open a serial connection to two different arduino at once. Exciting! This robot kit also has more parts than any I’ve published before (except the crab robot), some of which are laser cut and some of which are 3D printed. This is not a project for beginners, unless you’ve got a lot of moxy.

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CanDo @ VHS, July 2012

Andrew and two Robs have been improving the code and the instructions for the CanDo kits. Here we are at the Vancouver Hack Space testing it out. Go, little robot, go!

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Drawbot 3D printables now online

Motor mount bracket. Put some 30mm offsets into the motor, put the bobbin on the motor shaft, attach the mount to the offsets with some M3 nuts and then screw the mount to a board. The bobbins will just barely avoid the bracket and get the strings very close to the board.

Bobbins by Loial, one of the VHS members.

Pen holder. Crude. This is my current area of research.

If you have better models, comment below!