Julia Zamboni and Bruno Carvalho have created a project that uses drones to trace designs in the air with the aid of algorithms more commonly used by airplane pilots.
It ropes in three departments at Concordia University in Montreal: robotics, engineering and art.
According to Carvalho, even an experienced drone pilot would struggle to trace usable designs because of the need for precision.
“I thought about different designs,” Zamboni said.
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“I thought that this kind of movement for the drones could have precision.”
![An example of the “spirograph” style images produced by Zamboni and Carvalho. Photo by Natasha Vesper.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/copter1.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=219)
By using sensors and cameras, the drone is controlled completely by a computer.
The drones can yield designs much like a complex spirograph — a geometric drawing.
The graduates said they can envision expanding the project to incorporate multiple drones — or those that would respond to live music.
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