[dorkbotdc-blabber] Great meeting

[pindar at pindar.org]

I hear you, but that is why I prefer brush painting.  It is a  
non-conventional way for a printer to print.  And it does mix paints  
both on the canvas, and as it is going back the the wells to get more.

About making her more like a robot,  I am not thinking humanoid.  I am  
thinking cooler looking.  Right now she is a cross between a coffee  
table and a coffin, with wheels.  LOL.  I want something that would  
attract attention both for what it is doing, and how it looks while it  
is doing it...

And I want to to be made of wood.  Not sure why, but wood is just an  
unexpected material for use in a robot.

I am still thinking of how it will look...

Pindar


Quoting Philip Kohn <pkohn at mail.nih.gov>:

> pindar at pindar.org wrote:
>> Thanks again for the invitation to present.  Talking about my robot  
>>  with others always gets me energized to make the next big   
>> improvement. I hear the call for making it appear more human, or at  
>>  least robotic. I mentioned during the meeting that it is very   
>> important for me that the robot move on its own.  For some reason   
>> after talking with you I am thinking the next big improvement   
>> should be making it look better.  Perhaps a new body.  I will keep   
>> you all updated and definitely make next meeting.
>>
>> Pindar
>>
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> I really enjoyed your presentation.
>
> If you wanted to make Zanelle even less like a printer,
> another direction you could go (rather than making it into a robot -
> which I'm not so
> sure about since in its present form, it is not performing a social activity)
> would be to look into painting techniques that are not possible with
> conventional printing technologies.
> For example, you could work with thicker paints that are mixed as they
> applied to make 3 dimensional
> color/texture mixing effects.
> Maybe instead of a brush, you could have a set of small nozzles, one
> for each color.
> A disposable "head" made of syringes might work.  You would need some
> sort of motor/screw arrangement
> to apply controlled force to squeeze them.
> Then you could move the head around to mix and shape the paint into
> different textures and shapes.
> You would need a z-axis.
>
> Philip
>
>
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