04.13.2006
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In between robot battles at Seattle Bot Battle IV, I got a chance to interview Scott Ferguson about his computer controlled CNC etchasketch. He can make his computer control the etchasketch. Scott usually makes robots that kill other robots, but took up the kinetic art challenge for the event.
One of the things that impressed me is that Scott positioned the servos stepper motors so that he can use a big or a pocket etchasketch by just switching the pullies and changing the settings on his computer. He also wrote the program that controlls the Etcha Sketch.
Here’s another materials suggestion:
http://www.mcmaster.com p#8574K24
Reminds me of an old Macintosh joke. When the Macintosh first came out and there were very few programs available besides MacWrite and MacPaint.
Q: What’s the difference between a Macintosh and an Etch-a-Sketch?
A: You don’t have to turn a Mac upside down and shake it to clear the screen.
Now we have an Etch-a-Sketch as a “non-volatile” screen. Cool.
I don’t understand the audio break when describing the websites?
Cool use of CNC. I wish I had one of these as a kid. Maybe I could have done better with my etchasketch.
Ivan Irons