[Noisebridge-discuss] Bringin' drawbot back

[Gian Pablo Villamil]

Sounds cool!

Some friends of mine built Hektor (http://www.hektor.ch/), a spray
painting system that fits in a briefcase. In particular, you might
find their software interface interesting, they used a free plugin for
Adobe Illustrator. That let them do stuff like vectorize bitmap images
(like photographs) and output them almost immediately.

You might find the design of their platform interesting - they use
spray cans, not pens, but the overall concept, of using a flat carrier
to stabilize the writing instrument against the wall, might be
interesting.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> You might remember muralizer, the drawbot project I started back in May.  If
> not, here's the skinny: a robot that draws vector graphics files (SVG,
> Illustrator, etc) on the wall.  Think of it as a wall-sized plotter.  I
> started a group at noisebridge, and we made some good progress (Peter,
> especially, did tons of great stuff).  We also left a bunch of loose ends to
> tie up.  It was really fun working with people, bouncing around ideas, and
> making progress.  Now, it's time to buckle down and tie off those loose
> ends.
>
> Over the last week, I've pulled a bit more of it together.  I now have a
> mostly-working plotter (video available), but still need to hook the SVG
> translator into the hardware, refine the motor control system (ie: intertial
> dampening, holy crap does this pen swing around a lot), and nail down a
> caddy design.  There are literally dozens of details that need to be
> resolved, each of which is going to take a half a day of focused effort.  At
> the end, I also want to put in a bulk order, so I can assemble kits, making
> muralizer more accessible to everyone.
>
> I'd love to spend the time on this, but still need to keep a roof over my
> head and food on the table.  So, I've set up a PBS-style pledge drive over
> at kickstarter.  If you pledge 15$, I'll give you a piece of test art from
> the development of the bot.  For 63$, I'll print your vector file for you,
> and send you that.  And so on, and so forth: the key thing is, it's a way
> for the community to collaboratively fund projects.  There's more details to
> it, but, the important thing is this: you can help make muralizer an awesome
> kit by pledging a little money towards its development.  Having another
> successful project at noisebridge would be great, and, of course, the
> finished kit will always be available to noisebridgers at cost.
>
> For all the details, check out
>
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910641777/muralizer-it-prints-on-walls
>
> or the blog at
>
>   http://muralizer.com/blog/
>
> Thanks again to everyone who helped get muralizer to this point, and a thank
> you to everyone who will help it get to the next level!
> --
> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
> josh at joshisanerd.com
>
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