AÑO
2015
CATEGORÍA
Aprendizaje y Juego
OBJETIVOS
Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
PAL. CLAVE
Beachbot , sand drawing
PAÍS
Switzerland
CRÉDITOS
Disney Research and ETH Zürich
LINK
http://gizmodo.com/disneys-sand-sketching-robot-turns-beaches-into-an-arti-1678855255
Beachbot
Disney's sand-sketching robot turns beaches into an artist's canvas
If you thought elaborate sand castles were the only way one could express their artistic vision on the beach, Disney Research and ETH Zürich want to introduce you to their Beachbot. Slightly larger than a Roomba, the cartoonish robot turtle uses innovative soft balloon-like wheels so that it doesn't leave a trail while rolling across a beach, but can deploy a built-in rake as needed to draw elaborate designs in the sand.
Beachbot can be controlled remotely allowing an operator to use it to draw directly on a beach, but it can also be programmed with a pre-loaded design or image. In that case, four white poles are placed in the sand to establish the size of the giant canvas, which the Beachbot then uses to keep track of its position—with a high degree of accuracy—as it autonomously reproduces a design.