photos from artbots 2002May 25th, 2002
Here are some photos of visitors playing with Sketching Device #1 at Artbots 2002.

For many more photos from Artbots, visit the old Sketching Device homepage or artbots.org.
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Here are some photos of visitors playing with Sketching Device #1 at Artbots 2002.

For many more photos from Artbots, visit the old Sketching Device homepage or artbots.org.
These are some of the drawings made by visitors to Artbots in collaboration with Sketching Device #1.
For more, visit the old Sketching Device homepage
Note: you can purchase any of these drawings for $45 each, or if you really hate them, I will destroy them for you at $75 each.
Read about the first Artbots exhibit and Sketching Device #1 in the New York Times!
Most entries fell into the category that Mr. Galanter called ”punk-rock robotics,” emphasizing cheap components and a playful do-it-yourself approach.
Ranjit Bhatnagar said he had torn apart his stereo speakers to build Sketching Device No. 1, which used patterns of vibration to move pens across a sheet of paper. David Webber’s AO2000, which visitors picked as their favorite, made chaotic music with a blender, an adding machine, two laptop computers, an old television and some coffee cans, among other things. Symet Studio, by Stefan Prosky, a family of simple solar-powered robots that left trails of dots as they hopped around, was voted best of show by the robot-builders.
The cranky doodling machine had its public debut at the Artbots Festival at Pratt University in Brooklyn. Hundreds of visitors came to see the artsy robots dance, sing, and doodle, and many of them left with a sketch they made in a hands-on collaboration with the Sketching Device.

Here’s a few early videos of the sketching device in action.
sketching device #1 on Vimeo