The make a machine week is documented very clearly here so for details go there. I was part of the IDC team; we made a machine that could paint on command.
My various roles:
* Set up the documentation
* Contribute to the management of the project
* Capture and edit photos
* Work with Bianca on the electricity connection
* Work with Sarah on the code (she led, I may have help conceptually but she’s a CS major and I’m far from that… :))
* Glued together (unfortunately, truly glued!) the X and Y axises with Sarah
* Fixed the glue with Sarah and Tomo
* Tested the first run of the painting
A few photos from the experiment.