Sometime in 2013 I stumbled upon the blog of Sarah Petkus titled Robotic Arts. Probably because, you know, I occasionally build art robots. Sarah is a member at SYN Shop, a nice looking hackerspace in Las Vegas, and she’s been working on building delta robots for a while now. She’s got a great post about the journey from using household junk to designing and printing 3D parts to build her robots. Check out Robot Army : From Tupperware to 3D Printing.
She also been collaborating with Mark Koch at SYN Shop and turned this whole delta bot thing into a Kickstarter (successful!) that is going to help fund an art performance with an army of delta robots. And hey, while they’re at it, they’ll also be turning their robot into a kit through ROBOT ARMY, a new venture to manufacture robot kits for the do-it-yourself market.
I started working on a delta robot last year because I’ve got a project planned that requires one, but I still haven’t finished it. I might consider getting a kit if it makes sense to speed up my process and get to the “art” part of a future art robot I’ve got planned.