Category: Vlog
Prototyping a Spray Painting Quadcopter at NEWINC
This guide follows an attempt to make a spray painting quadcopter for indoor drone painting.
It is a series of experiments and observations, not quite a perfect step-by-step tutorial! =D
Use this guide on your own property only! I do not endorse the use of this technology for any illegal painting.
This guide was developed with support from NEWINC, Deep Lab, and 3D Robotics, and through collaboration with Dan Moore and KATSU.
This project has many parts and optional components.
For the sprayer device:
- Can Gun or Spray Extender
- Micro servo or high-torque micro servo
- Paper clip or other small piece of wire
- Rotary tool for drilling mounting holes
- Zipties and/or E6000 adhesive
For the plug-and-play power circuit:
- Piece of Perma-Proto or other perfboard
- 5V regulator or UBEC Step-Down (Buck) Converter
- Premium jumper wires
- Header pins
- Velcro tape
- Soldering station and supplies
General quadcopter stuff:
- 3D printed prop guards (now updated for IRIS+)
- extra propellers
- spray paint with straw from cleaning spray bottle
- stiff wire for mounting sprayer – we found that tomato cages work great
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