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I few years ago, as part of the Brighton Festival (each May we have the Artists Open Houses – where each weekend artists put their work on display in their homes and simply open their doors to visitors) I tried making a painting robot.

A simple x/y frame (like a 3d-printer or cnc machine) is relatively easy to do, but I want to make a robotic arm that actually painted, as an artist would. It was *really* difficult!

While I’m sure Ikea could put the investment into a robo-arm for painting (they have robots on display in their stores, opening and closing dresser drawers for example) I’m not sure it’s something that could easily be replicated for painting on the scale of scale we work at! At least, not something I’d try to build. Again 😉