Egg drawing sharpie-wielding programmable robot

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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Escher_47 has some great photos from Bruce Shapiro's sharpie-wielding programmable robot at Maker Faire 2006 - Link.


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Posted by: DGary on May 2, 2006 at 3:43 PM

now we just need one that makes those cool eastern european eggs, which name slips my mind ATM...

psanky?


Posted by: AP on May 2, 2006 at 4:15 PM

Somebody ought to point out that he has lessons for how to build your own:

http://www.taomc.com/bits2bots/


Posted by: TVarmy on May 3, 2006 at 6:45 AM

Faberge eggs are likely what you're thinking of. I don't think they're made out of real eggs, though. If they are made from eggs, though, I'm even more impressed at the skill it took to make them.


Posted by: michaeljanderson on May 3, 2006 at 7:16 AM

What DGary is talking about is pysanky , or Ukrainian Easter eggs, as featured on the MAKE:Blog prior to Easter.

And I'd bet it wouldn't be too hard to replace the pen holder with a kistka holder. Then all you'd have to work out is a method of feeding beeswax to the kistka.

For me this sounds a whole lot more doable than creating pysanky with the traditional methods.


Posted by: DGary on May 3, 2006 at 9:03 AM

that's the stuff michael, always been astounded at those

but after looking at the bits2bots page, I'm thinking billiard balls and a dremel...


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