Design Translation · 2011

Random Drawing

I programmed an Arduino to control two servo motors, string-attached to a single pen, feeding it random values.

Board
Arduino
Motors
Two servo motors
Pen
A single pen, string-attached
Input
Random values
A cardboard board with a servo motor in each top corner, strings running down to a pen at the bottom of a sheet of paper, covered in a green net of lines
Two servo motors at the top corners pull a pen on strings over a sheet of paper, which holds a green drawing

Machine

Two servo motors pull one pen on strings.

A tall cardboard board with two white arms on servo motors at the top, strings running down to a pen holder over a sheet of paper with a red scribble and a handwritten note reading 1 30MIN
A second setup, with a red drawing under the pen

Drawings

The pen drew patterns I didn't expect.

It taught me how carefully code needs to be set to bring the desired outcome.

A small tangle of thin black pen lines on white paper, with a handwritten note at the bottom right reading 5 minutes, New code, New angles
5 minutes, new code, new angles
A row of tall, thin dotted curves rising from a low line on white paper, with a handwritten note at the bottom right reading 12 minutes, moving Board
12 minutes, moving board
A dense bowl-shaped tangle of black pen lines on white paper, with a handwritten note at the bottom right reading 20 minutes, New code
20 minutes, new code
A heavy block of overlapping black pen lines on white paper, with a handwritten note at the bottom right reading 2 54 MIN
Handwritten note: 2 54 MIN

Closing

It taught me how carefully code has to be set.

2011/11/11

More Design Translation