Drone Kahlo
Drone Kahlo
The Future of Mural Painting
Introduction
Our goal for our project was simple…
We sought to build a drone that could paint murals. Not only does this technology have several applications, we thought it was a very challenging project that would really help us grasp the principles of drone path planning, and control.
A spray-paint can (with a spray-paint actuator) would mount our drone and would actuate when we chose to paint.
Perhaps the crux of this project was getting a non-uniformly massed drone to hover. This was a difficult issue as we knew some modifications would have to be made to the controller itself.
Besides hovering, we would need to come up with a robust way to actuate the spray-can itself, while having a controller that could account for the thrust force that would be imminent on the drone itself.
Why Drones?
Why Kahlo?
There are more than 1,000 murals in San Francisco. Murals are in high demand, and the supply of artists to paint these murals are slim. Not only does this have commercial value, but it could also be a tool that artists can use for mural sketching.
When drawing a mural often many reference points are made at large heights on a wall. This robot could help make those reference points more precise