Robo Spin Art

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The venerable spin art machines of the 1960’s & 70s created funky, psychedelic artwork many of us remember from the carnivals and county fairs of our youth. Simply put, “spin art” is created when paint is dropped onto a rotating paper, allowing centrifugal force to make streaks of color. The RoboSpinArt machine updates this concept by making spin art attractive to the so-called “joystick generation” of today while also overcoming some of the limitations of the original design.

The RoboSpinArt machine allows you to create spin art by using a joystick to position a “paint gantry” above the paper and a series of buttons to dispense paint in measured amounts. Add an exciting light show, a rocking sound track, and a countdown timer that creates a sense of urgency, and you have a RoboSpinArt machine!

Created for the First Night Austin show by VernGraner with a tremendous amount of help from The Robot Group, the RoboSpinArt machine is detailed on its very own web page at robospinart.com.