Summary

  • A maker who wanted a machine to draw on his wall built a large plotter called Mural that uses a moving carriage with stepper motors and a servo to lift a pen for drawing.
  • It can recreate vector graphics accurately, using washable Crayola markers to allow repeated decorations.
  • Such a machine could be used for a CNC router, plasma cutter or oxyacetylene torch, but it would need to be protected from molten metal splashes or sparks.
  • This style of drawing robot was originally developed in 2002 and has previously been posted about on Hackaday in 2005.
  • Other decorative wall-drawing machines have also been featured on Hackaday.

By Lewin Day

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