This same mechanism (right down to the winches and cords) can be found inside many vintage plotters and chart recorders.
Each motor drives a little winch that moves a length of cord attached to a rod that controls either the X or Y position of the brush. To move the paint brush, there are two motors built into the frame of the robot. The WaterColorBot is essentially a specialized pen plotter that uses a set of watercolors.
(And you can always save the file for later, just in case something happens to the one on the fridge.) With the WaterColorBot, you can easily make an extra painting for Grandma. While a robotic painting "printer" can be an incredibly fun thing on its own, the WaterColorBot is also a genuine (if simple and friendly) computer-automated, numerically controlled (CNC) machine- and that lets you do some amazing things.įor an example, take a look at the two paintings shown above- they are nearly perfect copies. It is made in the USA with a tough and sturdy wooden frame to last for years of use. The WaterColorBot works with standard watercolor paints and paper, so that you never need to purchase specialized or expensive supplies. Starting with vector artwork on your computer- or following along as you sketch in real time -the WaterColorBot dips its brush in water, goes and gets the right color of paint, and paints before your eyes. Successfully launched on Kickstarter in 2013, the WaterColorBot is a collaborative project from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and Super Awesome Sylvia - a friendly art robot that moves a paint brush to paint your digital artwork onto paper, using a set of watercolor paints.
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