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  • Drawing drone mimics your sketches

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    03.28.2016

    Ever wondered what a drone would draw if it had an artistic side? MIT is happy to show you. It recently developed a Flying Pantograph drone that, as the name suggests, translates whatever you draw on a table to its own drawings on a vertical canvas. It's not a faithful mirror of your art, as the drone bobs and weaves while it tries to catch up with your vision. However, the researchers say the shaky result is on purpose -- think of it as the robot adding its own flair to a collaborative work.