{"id":18884,"date":"2018-06-01T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18884"},"modified":"2018-06-01T13:24:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T12:24:33","slug":"robotic-plotter-controller-by-a-raspberry-pi-creates-stunning-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18884","title":{"rendered":"Robotic plotter controller by a Raspberry Pi creates stunning artworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18885\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=560%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?w=945&amp;ssl=1 945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=768%2C567&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=560%2C414&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=260%2C192&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?resize=160%2C118&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Proudlock has used a Raspberry Pi to control a vertically-mounted plotter that creates stunning artwork. Called <a href=\"https:\/\/inkylines.blogspot.com\/p\/this-time-with-some-images-and-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InkyLines<\/a>, the Raspberry Pi is used to read in a low-resolution image and then convert that data into movements of two stepper motors. The stepper motors control the length of two cords, thus moving the print head.<\/p>\n<p>See it in action below and <a href=\"https:\/\/inkylines.blogspot.com\/p\/this-time-with-some-images-and-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more over on his blog<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inkylinespolargraph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see some of the artwork produced over on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Polar Plotter draws holiday seagulls (vertical plotter, v plotter, polargraph, wall plotter)\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mk1R0Wvzn9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Proudlock has used a Raspberry Pi to control a vertically-mounted plotter that creates stunning artwork. Called InkyLines, the Raspberry Pi is used to read in a low-resolution image and then convert that data into movements of two stepper motors.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18884\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,45],"tags":[755,754],"class_list":["post-18884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-robotics","tag-john-proudlock","tag-plotter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robotic plotter controller by a Raspberry Pi creates stunning artworks - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18884\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robotic plotter controller by a Raspberry Pi creates stunning artworks - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Proudlock has used a Raspberry Pi to control a vertically-mounted plotter that creates stunning artwork. 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