Young Creatives u12 Prize
Tools from arts and crafts and technology are assembled here without further ado from the same LEGO set and converted as needed. 5 different objects comprise this print shop, where plotting, printing, drawing, painting, cutting and punching is done. LEGO Mindstorms was used for the plotter and a program was written so that it can put the lettering “AEC U19” and “LEGO” on paper with only three motors.
Also using LEGO Mindstorms, again a robot can “freehand” draw a smiley face on the floor. For the Mandala drawing machine, a simpler mechanism was sufficient, and so LEGO Technic was used for this. Depending on how you put the three rods of the construction together, different flower patterns are drawn again and again – there are endless possibilities!
The saw cuts A4 sheets into the right size so that they fit into the again into the drawing machine. And the hole punch makes the holes in exactly the right place so that they fix the sheets in the drawing machine.
