PlotBot

Base48 PlotBot

Founder:

niklasroy.com/robotfactory

Coops:

lubko, vanicka

Status:

active

What is this

A whiteboard drawing bot project. We didn't design the thing, but we built a couple of robots. Along the way, we made modifications and learned a lot.

Among things we learned is that it's a perfect project to get start with robotics.

Here's where it comes from:

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/this-plotter-knows-no-boundaries/

https://www.niklasroy.com/robotfactory/

Our modifications

TODO

Software

Arduino code: https://github.com/vranicka/PlotBot

Control Board

Traces can be drawn on copper laminate (cuprexit) with toner transfer technique and chemically etched. Negative printout for PCB etching: turtle-bot-v3-pcb-back-etch.pdf

Schematic: turtle-bot-v3-schematic.pdf

Fabrication notes: turtle-bot-v3-pcb-fab-notes.pdf

Negative printout for PCB etching: turtle-bot-v3-pcb-back-etch.pdf

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