RoboSpinArt

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The venerable spin art machines of the 1960’s & 70s created funky, psychedelic artwork many of us remember from the carnivals and county fairs of our youth. Simply put, “spin art” is created when paint is dropped onto a rotating paper, allowing centrifugal force to make streaks of color. The RoboSpinArt machine updates this concept by making spin art attractive to the so-called “joystick generation” of today while also overcoming some of the limitations of the original design.

The RoboSpinArt machine allows you to create spin art by using a joystick to position a “paint gantry” above the paper and a series of buttons to dispense paint in measured amounts. Add an exciting light show, a rocking sound track, and a countdown timer that creates a sense of urgency, and you have a RoboSpinArt machine!

The RoboSpinArt machine was featured in an article by VernGraner in Nuts and Volts Magazine in January of 2008.

The main page for the RoboSpinArt is here: http://www.robospinart.com

The concept video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcovKOzvRTc

Inkjet print system prototype is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VzIrBQeaQ0

Jonathan Coulton (of Code Monkey fame) using the RoboSpinArt in Austin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcovKOzvRTc

RoboSpinArt at Dorkbot in 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHM1qnz9ppA