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How to find us at World’s Maker Faire 2014

2014-09-18 Dan

We will be at the New York Hall of Science September 20 and 21st for World’s Maker Faire. We’re located at booth 37509 in the lower levels of the dungeon, between the “Make Electronics” stage and the Arcade machines. Stop by our booth for a coupon code that will get you free shipping to anywhere in north america and check out our latest & greatest. Two Three new drawing styles will be making their debut, including four color pictures!

See a PDF map here

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Rotary Stewart Platform update #16

2014-09-15 Dan

This weekend I completed adding acceleration to the Rotary Stewart Platform 2. I’ve also added G92 support.

Now all Marginally Clever robots support the same basic firmware. The biggest difference is in the inverse kinematics, the part that turns “go here” into “move this many steps on these motors”.

Check it out or get the firmware from github.

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Robots accelerating

2014-09-06 Dan

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Just like the Makelangelo and the Delta3 before it, Arm3 now supports acceleration for faster movement without missing a step. We will be rolling out the change for the Stewart Platform in the near future. All customers will need to update the firmware on each machine. The firmware for each machine is available through the store’s product page.

Last night I got great feedback from @MelissaLaforge about the Makelangelo assembly instructions and added this picture of the pen holder:

pen holder assembly exploded diagram

I want to help you learn. I love your feedback. Keep it coming!

Special thanks to @Hugobiwan who tweeted this nice pic of his DIY Makelangelo drawing France on glass.