Activities

KIBO Drawing
Posted On June 8, 2016 in art
An awesome STEAM project is to make the KIBO draw.
We have attached a pen to the back of the KIBO using 5 clothespins as depicted below, and scotched plotter paper on the floor (with a surface of approx. 2m x 2m).
And the game was on: as the KIBO turns around it center, you can decide if you want the KIBO to move in a regular way, e.g. in a square, but drawing something funny in the meantime. Or you want something regular to be drawn, e.g. a circle, while the KIBO is not really going anywhere. Or you might simply want to experiment!
- A square?
- A circle
- Experiment!
Finally, if one is short on paper, testing the program becomes crucial (even without putting the KIBO on the floor), so the question becomes: what would be the correct movement of the wheels if program Z is written and scanned correctly?
Read — and share! — more KIBO Project ideas at Peter’s forum, www.kiboprojects.com
Contributed by: Dr. Peter Schaffer, http://www.kiboprojects.com