Video Demo

For machine week I wanted to create a prototype of a sand drawing machine.
Machine would move in x and y direction with user inputs coming from an arcade joystick. Endeffector would carry a magnet that would drag an object through sand allowing users to draw pathways or groves in sand.
magnet on end effector would drag beneath a clear sheet of acrylic with a mating metal object on the opposite side of the acrylic. Sand would lay ontop of the acrylic.
Unfortunatly i didnt have time to test with sand but the mechanics work! concept would also be interesting for an inrteractive game board.