picobot drawing entity

picobot-powered drawing entity from josh klimaszewski on Vimeo.




made this for a project in a creative process class.

one pen tip acts as a pivot when the tension on the paper is right while the other pen spins in circles; eventually the spinning pen snags on the paper allowing the first pen to start spinning. i ran this in class for 4 hours before one pen tip burrowed through the paper, creating an immoblie pivot.

it looks like bird eyes