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Video: A Robot Drawing Beautiful Stars In The Sand

By Brian Lam, 9:32 AM on Mon May 5 2008, 0 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Here's a video of Sisyphus V drawing shapes in the sand using a magnetic arm on a 2-axis plotter. [Maker Faire]

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