Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #07463
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Elmo andrewe@ilid.com.au
Date: Monday, 8 November 1999 10:31
Subject: Re: [alt-beam] CONTEST
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>A couple of days ago i attached a retractable pencil lead to the back
>end of one of my robots and the put some paper down in my RJP. He has
>been driving about for three days now leaving little "snail trails"
>where ever he goes. Originally i did it so i could trim his direction
>trim-pot a bit better, but then i started getting some really funky
>patterns emerging and now i am going to scan it in and turn it into
>robot art.
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>I was talking to a friend who runs an art gallery in Melbourne and we
>cam up with the idea on placing several robots on a horizontal canvas or
>something, with some lights over head and a different colour felt tip
>pen on each robot. They robots can then go ahead and do their art work
>whilst people watch....its kind of a living work in progress type art
>work. Its probably going to go on display in about two months.
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>Elmo
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