Gen Art

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Generative Artist ~ In the beginning there was code, and the code had a groove ~ Creator of Skulptuur (see http://skulpturen.nl) and other impossible things

Software engineer, creative coder, aspiring generative artist, fridgebuzz.tez/.eth

My "rayhatcher" program outputs the lines in random order. Usually, before plotting, I'll optimize this line order (minimize pen-up distance) using an external pre-processing tool (such as VPype), the output is the same but it can reduce plotting time by 3-4x.

When I collaborated with this guy with the robot arm (part of an art installation in Moscow, I never saw it IRL), I assumed that the path-planning for a robot arm would need to be more complicated than that and he'd apply his own optimization. Which turned out to be an incorrect assumption ... 😅

That’s so cool. A great result. Why does it jump around so randomly? Would a pen plotter do the same? (I know nothing about plotting.)

And it has a name!
Introducing Vinny, the robot that is learning to paint. 🎨
Follow its adventures here!
#vinnythepaintingrobot

I'm not 100% sure ... I think it's gcode. I delivered the file as SVG, but I assume the person operating it and setting it up must have converted it -- they're from Russia and there was a bit of a language barrier so it wasn't entirely clear

Also, @codeandwood recently got a robot arm and has been experimenting with it, maybe he knows about the data format: https://warpcast.com/codeandwood/0x237d5b65 (although maybe he's doing even more custom controlling)

Generative artist | Creative coder inspired by color, form and patterns | Lately obsessed with plotting | Always crafting something new

https://whitekoala.art

So cool 😎 these robots handle the same type of files of plotters I.e. svg, gcode, etc? Or there’s a completely different format?