Team Management Kevin: Generating Rhino/Grasshopper toolpathing Elton: Developing mounting systems for foam, Robotic arm attachments Testing paint and medium printing on foam Andy: Writing Python code for pattern generation from provided image Bi Weekly Goals Kevin is working on the tool paths in Rhino and once he is done, we will try to apply the
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Shortest Path Prototype – Paul Foam Knife Group
Our group’s plan moving forward was to get a MOCAP of Paul working with the hot knife, editing and reproducing his stroke pattern through Rhino, and having the robot replicate his dextrous skill in carving out a completely different drawing. We’ve made significant progress towards that end. Paul appeared to have an easy time transferring
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P2.1 Paul Final
Hybrid Flow Diagram In supporting Paul’s move to faster and larger print setups, we wanted to enable his prints to maintain their same level of detail even in a blown up scale. He suggested doing large prints on the sides of abandoned buildings or empty parking lots which is doable with adjustments to his process.
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P1: Scissors Motion
Andy Kong & Gerardo Lira The tool that we used was a scissor. In order to capture the motion of this object, it was necessary that we place markers on locations where they would not change the plane orientation. Therefore, we decided to place one marker beside the hinge and two markers behind the gripping
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