Condensing some Q&A: 1) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep but we want a crazy demo for the custom PCB motor controller we made (preorder at motorgo.net) 2) Could we erase it automatically? - Maybe. we are thinking about trying it - its a little bit trickier than expected. Just vibrating it doesn't work. 3) Can we make a video/play Doom/ do bad apple with it - YES! easily! we discussed it before hitting the time crunch and throwing out the idea bc we have to figure out #2 first. Maybe later 4) Isn't it "Just a plotter" - I think a lot of y'all missed the part about the camera. This device takes pictures, processes them on our server, then draws it. Alternatively we can run it as a plotter as you saw with the memes. I should have added more demos from the camera itself - they do work well! It just wasn't filmed with the purple pretty lighting of the final demos and I didn't fit it into the storyline without slowing down too much stuff. Maybe we will post some on shorts? If you really want to see it we share that type of stuff with our discord all the time. 5) Its not the first etch a sketch camera - correct! I didn't know about the raspberry pi stepper motor camera until yall pointed it out! I do think ours is the first that goes this fast, and the first that uses such a sick nasty image processing pipeline. But that's just too a long title... so I hope you forgive me for that. 6) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep but we wanted a crazy demo for the custom PCB motor controller we made 7) Did we really have 600 subs 2 days ago? - No we had 680 subs when I posted the video 8) Did we lie about the whole project and none of it is real? - literally how would I have even done that chill out 9) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep, but we wanted a cool demo for the custom PCB motor controller 10) Could I have used stepper motors? - My goodness just watch the video and I explain it! 11) Who is my editor? - its me, hi thanks for being here I'm so happy yall like the video :) 12) Could I have used stepp -- let me just stop you right there Thanks, Alex
I made that same joke to my kids during the eclipse and thought it was S-Tier dad humor. Thank you for validating me. Also, amazing build and video. Got an instant sub from me🎉
I'm an embedded engineer. I primarily do software, but also do electrical engineering if needs must. This is genuinely one of the coolest projects I have ever seen. I've worked on some things that might be "cooler" on paper, but they were also significantly higher budget and done by a seasoned, skilled team. Doing this in your garage in such a short time frame is an astonishing accomplishment, and I tip my hat to you all! What a wonderful video!
The algorithm did its job and sent me your way, I am a high school robotics coach and you guys are showcasing a lot of what my team of mentors try to teach. very impressive, keep up the good work. the video was captivating and well produced and the project was stunning.
I was really doubting your chosen path to implement your own servos and motion controller from scratch, but in the end, the speed of the machine would only be possible with servos, and you did a great job on the motion controller. Impressive! Did you ever think to try an existing CNC controller, like GRBL or LinuxCNC to run the machine? As you discovered, there's a LOT that goes into a good motion controller and a good servo amplifier - I just wonder how much better it could be with more refined code running it.
I'm some random 54yr old guy sitting on a boat on the other side of the world when this popped into my feed. I just want to say that videos like these fill my heart with joy. Knowing that young, talented people are doing this kind of thing in their homes gives me faith in humanity because one day you will be in positions of power and responsibility, running our world. To see the level of dedication, enthusiasm, intrigue and fun you're having, all the while while learning, is truly inspirational. Feeding all that back to us in an entertaining video is a bonus! Good luck with your future endeavours.
Oh Jamie, is it really random? Given I build robots and AI and we are both boat people.... some dots joining.... Anyway, well said. Great storytelling here and a wonderful project to inspire others!
wow. comments like this are what let us push through the harder moments in a project - this whole comment section has been so full of support I just can't believe it. good luck on the boat stuff mr old guy, I hope your boat adventures treat you well :) -alex
Michael would be like "So I started out trying to make a self drawing etch a sketch, but when I opened it up I discovered the aluminum powder inside and decided to mix in iron oxide and replace the stylus with magnesium so now it's an etch a sketch that will spontaneous trigger a thermite reaction!"
You guys are amazing. This was so fun to watch.... I'm quitting smoking weed and looking everywhere for long, drawn out content to distract me, and your channel has been a life saver.
Every Flavor of Robot, you have done it. This is the exact type of video that made Stuff Made Here blow up and become successful in the span of a year.
Everyone talking about how cool the robot is(it is really cool) but can we also talk about the level of production that went into this video masterclass 👏🏼
Oh I was thinking the same! 14 days to build a robot and they got the forward thinking to shoot every detail of the journey. Like there was a cine team behind.
I really wanted to address the stepper motor thing at the beginning of the video but I knew people's eyes would glaze over - had to trick them into learning about motors >:) sorry that caused you pain tho, we all must make sacrifices and yours has not gone unnoticed -alex
Never in my life have the words, "You could upgrade that Etch-A-Sketch with some kevlar fishing line" come to mind until now, and then I got to the part where you did one better.
overlaying the video of discovering your exhibitor application was accepted over top of the demos being shown is such a sweet editing choice! the full swing of both story arcs happening at the same time really lends an unexpected amount of emotional weight to both of them, incredibly inspired choice, really striking :O
you know, it was one of those editing decisions that was kind of happenstance - bc I accidentally filmed the reaction in portrait mode out of excitement but yeah then I watched it back and knew it had to stay like that :) I can never tell if people notice the editing tho so I love that you also enjoyed it like I did while making it :)) -alex
This is beautiful. I'm an amateur mathematician and roboticist (and planetary scientist), but it seemed to me the motors were way too fast right from the start. I'm glad you sought to slow them greatly. If it's good enough for your Mom, it's good enough for me. I subscribed immediately. Well done!
❤I am just amazed at the support here - I thought we were just going to take a few selfies on the etch a sketch and show it to our friends hahahah -alex
I don't know, but am glad that this turned up in my feed. With everything that is going on, it's awesome to see the humor, friendship, drive, and a positive way forward.
You guys are friggin talented. To do this in 2 weeks is absolutely insane, and to make such an entertaining video is the cherry on top. Can't wait to see it in San Fran!
Kudos on the design. I'm 40yrs old now & remember what this design resembles! *Instant Cameras such as the Polaroid* were quite popular for a while. They all had that classic *'Pop-up'* feature. Popping it open to expose the camera & printer shoot. *So for clarity. We went from Instant Print to digital cameras. Now,because they could & wanted to,we have 'Instant Draw Cameras'!* Nice job y'all!!!*
I would love to see a version of this play bad apple. If it had an automatic rest function it would just be beautiful, even if it took an hour I would sit and watch it.
@EveryFlavorRobot it's a music video that is known for being played on lots of displays (and "displays"), similar to DOOM. Just google it and you'll see. I believe you'd need a vibration motor or similar to clear it after each frame to get it to automatically play the video
@@EveryFlavorRobot I posted a comment explaining it but it seems youtube deleted it? Anyways: It’s a music video that is commonly used to demonstrate unusual forms of video playback due to it only using black and white. The video itself has a long and complicated backstory, as it is a video for a fan cover of a game theme from an old Japanese game for the pc98. The video was made in MMD. Just google bad apple, it has a ton of views!
Hey guys I have to say, extremely inspirational. I'm a cyber security guy but I've been diving into this stuff so much more after picking up a 3D printer and Fusion360 a few years ago. It's become my favorite hobby and you've definitely inspired me to restart some unfinished projects, also I'm sure you'll inspire many others to start their first, keep it up!
I was alive when the etch a sketch was a brand new toy. Every kids fantasy is to make this toy draw a good picture. Ne er dreamed this would happen when I was kid. I guess if you live long enough...you really do get to see everything. I just did. Well done dudes.
This video was awesome! so glad it showed up in my recommended. The production value was insane, has that Michael Storen feel to it but I have to say - I enjoyed this more!
Others are jokingly asking "can it run Doom?" But hear me out: Step 1: Develop a mechanism to shake/vibrate the EtchaSketch and clear the screen between drawings. Step 2: Render tons of Doom frames on the EtchaSketch and develop an AVG time from start>>completion>reset. Step 3: OG Doom ran at 35fps. Calculate this avg time against the frame rate, and use that number to estimate how many more models you would need to build to make this feasible. Let say you make 6 more EtchaSketches (it'll still be incredibly slow). Step 4: Each EtchaSketch gets a camera that photographs each frame at completion. These frames will all be compiled into a final animation. Step 5: Modify the emulator to run doom at the FPS of your multiple Etch-a-sketches. Step 6: Develop an AI to play Doom in super slow mo. Step 7: Begin the slowest game of Doom ever played. Additionally, prepare yourselves for the longest session of troubleshooting and monitoring you've ever experienced. Edit: Just read the update comment. Im glad yall are working on more iterations!
I said "Just use stepper motors and run it like a CNC machine." Before watching the video, and lo and behold. Great job, I'd love to see a V2 with a bit more time.
I'm not an engineer. I break everything I try to fix. But even I was wondering why you had the etch a sketch inputs at such a wildly fast speed! Great video, I'm very impressed. I broke my etch a sketch to see what was inside in 1978!
What you need to do is... a video! I mean, you need to build a version of the robot that can erase itself, and have it draw each frame, take a photo of the frame, erase, and repeat. It could probably render a 10-minute video in a week.
that would be awesome. sounds like they just need some extra code hooked up to whatever clears it. one that connects to a camera and increase the accuracy and they have it working!
Today was my university exam and I had TSP (Travelling Salesman Problem) in my syllabus! I was so hyped when i was studying about it and voila I can see it being used practically kudos man nice content!
@@aivarsgraudins8423 , caffeine amplifies the effect, but it is not the cause, because decaffeinated coffee will also make people need to go, and because there are many other caffeinated drinks out there (like soft drinks and tea) that don't make people need to go. The real cause is the gastrin hormone production that is boosted by coffee.
thank you for being one of the few youtubers brave enough and willing to use non-stepper motors. They are so overused. This is probably an ideal use case for steppers, but I feel like so many totally use steppers when regular motors are more called for. So this was a breath of fresh air!
I appreciate this comment :) so many people are raving about how we didn't use steppers and I guess the coffee analogy went over their heads - the point was a challenge and a spectacle! Otherwise it would have been one of a thousand boring old stepper motor etch a sketches 😝
Dude! I had this exact same idea for such a long time in the back of my head. I'm very glad someone did it finally, you guys did an awesome job in such a short amount of time. I cannot wait on how much this can be improved and polished with a little more time. Hope you have a great time at open sauce!
I just refreshed the page a couple hours after I saw this video and was shocked to see the crazy sub count increase Congrats on 12k, you deserve it Edit: 12K?!
You certainly made the first etch-a-sketch rumble pack, high caliber machine gun haptic immersion simulator. I'm surprised this hadn't been done yet, though. I was sure this is the first thing engineers would to with an etch-a-sketch
when i started watching i thought you had like 1m subs, content has that much quality, shocked when saw it is only 1k. hope more people sees this video and blows up. keep it up!
Thanking us for 600 subs, meanwhile 3 days later you’re at 27.6K. Congratulations man, really goes to show how much your hard work, dedication, and arguable most importantly collaboration pays off. Beautiful
At first, I wasn't sure but your collective enthusiasm, laughter, and determination made me stay for the entire video! You guys rock!! I can't wait to see what else you come up with. Outfitting this Etch-A-Sketch with a camera/computer vision so that it can draw what it sees, would be absolutely killer!! Best of luck to you all! BTW, I had an Etch-A-Sketch in the early 1950s...yes, I'm an old dude but still in love with Tech!! Cheers!
Wow man. The production level of this video is superb, I was shocked when I found out you only had 600 subs. Well I'm one now, I feel like I'm getting in on the ground floor of something that's gonna be huge. Good luck guys
I'm always frustrated when AI chatbots have a completely artificial delay programmed into them 'to be realistic'. Like, if you can generate a response in 0.01 seconds, don't say "Chatbot is typing..." when I know you're not physically typing. So to see this thing draw a square faster than my eyes could see the line grow, just bam and there's a complete square on the screen, that was very satisfying (and I'm honestly impressed the Etch-a-Sketch lasted for so long before any mechanical fault). Excellent work!
Instant subscribe after I seen it drawing in the opening. This is so crazy impressive very reminiscent of when I stumbled on will years ago. A silly concept but an outrageous amount of understanding and effort put into it good for yall.
Absolutely awesome project its incredible how that thing actually works so good at such high speeds too- The amount of work that went into it really shows! (Great excuse to use the CO2 laser for the acrylic panels! it makes it look so much more clean and mesmerizing!) Absolutely criminal that you do not have more subscribers and recognition for all the work and passion put into these projects! Really loved the "this is fine" demo it just looked like everything was melting and was very silly
I wondered the same with "what is inside an etch a sketch" as soon as my great great uncle brought one over the big pond from Canada to Germany. I did not have to open it for that, just draw parallel lines close together to free the glass from the electrostatic particles clinging to the backside of the glass. I miss that thing ;) but never got to the perfection of drawing with it the way some artists do. It was hours of fun for 3 siblings, though. Your robot build video will be forwarded to my youngest nephew, though. He was building stuff from an early age, and might get inspired by it.
So glad the algorithm did it's thing! You're already at 30k subs and I'm incredibly happy to be one of them! Can't wait to see your future projects. And congrats bro, you did it!!
I didn't realize you only had 11K subs with the quality of the video, I went to see what other videos you had and saw that you made it halfway to 12K in the time it took me to watch the video. I wish you guys good luck, you'll be passing 100K in no time!
Omg I swear I had this idea many years back but had no clue how to implement the control mechanisms (not a mech eng at all). I absolutely love this. Ty for making this
Congrats on getting into Open Sauce! I hope you get to hang out with lots of other robotics UA-camrs! Great project and great video - it's great to see the progression and how you overcame the engineering problems. Making a video of it all must make it even harder!
thanks! We've been meeting a few through the open sauce discord and I'm already so excited. Its crazy how engineering problems almost naturally follow the story arc people are used to finding in media! Something about being excited to do stuff and then it blowing up in your face idk -alex
Condensing some Q&A:
1) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep but we want a crazy demo for the custom PCB motor controller we made (preorder at motorgo.net)
2) Could we erase it automatically? - Maybe. we are thinking about trying it - its a little bit trickier than expected. Just vibrating it doesn't work.
3) Can we make a video/play Doom/ do bad apple with it - YES! easily! we discussed it before hitting the time crunch and throwing out the idea bc we have to figure out #2 first. Maybe later
4) Isn't it "Just a plotter" - I think a lot of y'all missed the part about the camera. This device takes pictures, processes them on our server, then draws it. Alternatively we can run it as a plotter as you saw with the memes. I should have added more demos from the camera itself - they do work well! It just wasn't filmed with the purple pretty lighting of the final demos and I didn't fit it into the storyline without slowing down too much stuff. Maybe we will post some on shorts? If you really want to see it we share that type of stuff with our discord all the time.
5) Its not the first etch a sketch camera - correct! I didn't know about the raspberry pi stepper motor camera until yall pointed it out! I do think ours is the first that goes this fast, and the first that uses such a sick nasty image processing pipeline. But that's just too a long title... so I hope you forgive me for that.
6) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep but we wanted a crazy demo for the custom PCB motor controller we made
7) Did we really have 600 subs 2 days ago? - No we had 680 subs when I posted the video
8) Did we lie about the whole project and none of it is real? - literally how would I have even done that chill out
9) Could I have used stepper motors? - Yep, but we wanted a cool demo for the custom PCB motor controller
10) Could I have used stepper motors? - My goodness just watch the video and I explain it!
11) Who is my editor? - its me, hi thanks for being here I'm so happy yall like the video :)
12) Could I have used stepp -- let me just stop you right there
Thanks,
Alex
love the vid. love the q&a haha
Great video! Why didnt you guys use stepper motors though?
But, could you have used stepper motors? 😂
You should be arrested for anti human activities for using Ai.
@@TheLight2323 stepper? I don't even know her!
the way the title cards got better and better as the project progressed was *chef's kiss*
I feel so seen rn, can never tell if people notice those things 🥹
@@EveryFlavorRobot 100% !!
@@EveryFlavorRobotwe definitely notice.
The storytelling overall was top notch
I was waiting with bated breath for the postman problem to be solved on the cards. New sub here, outstanding work!!! @EveryFlavorRobot
That/those Etch-A-Font(s) made this ex typographer’s heart all warm and gooey. 👌😘
"We had to take a detour to stare at the sun, which kinda sucked because something was in the way." Had me dying! 😂
I made that same joke to my kids during the eclipse and thought it was S-Tier dad humor. Thank you for validating me. Also, amazing build and video. Got an instant sub from me🎉
This is cool as hell. Can’t wait to see this in person at open sauce this year!
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@@molonuld7102 johnmovies. Joecinema
@@Q9r8 Tony Zaret is that you
I'm an embedded engineer. I primarily do software, but also do electrical engineering if needs must. This is genuinely one of the coolest projects I have ever seen. I've worked on some things that might be "cooler" on paper, but they were also significantly higher budget and done by a seasoned, skilled team. Doing this in your garage in such a short time frame is an astonishing accomplishment, and I tip my hat to you all! What a wonderful video!
!! praise like this from an embedded engineer goes so far :) thanks for the support! I love embedded systems (as you maybe can see)
The algorithm did its job and sent me your way, I am a high school robotics coach and you guys are showcasing a lot of what my team of mentors try to teach. very impressive, keep up the good work. the video was captivating and well produced and the project was stunning.
🤯 thanks for the praise and support :)) we'll try to keep em coming!
amazing, stunning, pulled through with that tsp optimization and cartoonify.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Well done
FRC? if so which team?
@@kyle_mk17bought to ask the same question
Wow, from 600 to 8,000 subscribers in about 24 hours. It just speaks to the amazing quality of this video and the project. Keep making great stuff!
10.7k
26.6k now
30k 4 days after
Something people keep asking me so: ALL DEMOS ARE 1X SPEED
it just really goes that fast ;)
Wow im surprised the internal mechanism can keep up! Great work!
I was really doubting your chosen path to implement your own servos and motion controller from scratch, but in the end, the speed of the machine would only be possible with servos, and you did a great job on the motion controller. Impressive! Did you ever think to try an existing CNC controller, like GRBL or LinuxCNC to run the machine? As you discovered, there's a LOT that goes into a good motion controller and a good servo amplifier - I just wonder how much better it could be with more refined code running it.
@@gorak9000 the speed would have been possible with steppers too, depending on the specific steppers and drivers used.
@@conorstewart2214 sure but at what size and cost?
should of put a stopwatch next to it to prove it because that looks unbelievable. good job!
I'm some random 54yr old guy sitting on a boat on the other side of the world when this popped into my feed. I just want to say that videos like these fill my heart with joy. Knowing that young, talented people are doing this kind of thing in their homes gives me faith in humanity because one day you will be in positions of power and responsibility, running our world. To see the level of dedication, enthusiasm, intrigue and fun you're having, all the while while learning, is truly inspirational. Feeding all that back to us in an entertaining video is a bonus! Good luck with your future endeavours.
Oh Jamie, is it really random? Given I build robots and AI and we are both boat people.... some dots joining.... Anyway, well said. Great storytelling here and a wonderful project to inspire others!
wow. comments like this are what let us push through the harder moments in a project - this whole comment section has been so full of support I just can't believe it.
good luck on the boat stuff mr old guy, I hope your boat adventures treat you well :)
-alex
@@brennonwilliams9181 Hi Brennon. It's a small world, even on UA-cam!
44yo, on a boat, other side of the world, enjoying this video!
THE FLIP UP LIKE THE SX-70 IS THE COLDEST THING IVE EVER SEEN
If Michael Reeves stayed in school 😂
Yo chilllll😂😂😂😂
Fr though
Michael would be like "So I started out trying to make a self drawing etch a sketch, but when I opened it up I discovered the aluminum powder inside and decided to mix in iron oxide and replace the stylus with magnesium so now it's an etch a sketch that will spontaneous trigger a thermite reaction!"
@@liamfoxy every title card would be it attempting to draw a better and more detailed dick
@@liamfoxy W idea gimme 10
You guys are amazing. This was so fun to watch.... I'm quitting smoking weed and looking everywhere for long, drawn out content to distract me, and your channel has been a life saver.
It wasn't until the last 5 minutes that i looked at the channel and saw it *didn't* have 100k subscribers. This stuff is incredible
Yeah I never even looked and when they said they had 600 subs at the end, I was completely astonished. They'll hit 100k within a couple months I bet.
Crazy how he went from 600 subs to 36k subs in 14 days!!
Every Flavor of Robot, you have done it. This is the exact type of video that made Stuff Made Here blow up and become successful in the span of a year.
Everyone talking about how cool the robot is(it is really cool) but can we also talk about the level of production that went into this video masterclass 👏🏼
thanks bro! you saw the real struggle hahaha
Oh I was thinking the same! 14 days to build a robot and they got the forward thinking to shoot every detail of the journey. Like there was a cine team behind.
I love the chapter title cards and the fact that the etchasketch drew each one@@EveryFlavorRobot
@@EveryFlavorRobot next project: robotic anti-roomba
Takes dust from the roomba's storage and re-distrubutes it all over the house
600 to almost 10k subs in a few days is insane! This channel deserves 100 times that. And I'm sure it'll happen one day
at this rate it will happen in 2 weeks.
You missed an opportunity to Rick roll everyone with a picture of him on the Etch-a-Sketch. Very impressive
It’s not 2010 anymore bro
@@DrPepperonecrazy how people still Rick roll🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@tined_trout4460 RICK ROLLING WILL NEVER DIE!!
RICK ROLLING WILL NEVER GIVE YOU UP
RICK ROLLING WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN
got whiplash finding u guys only had 600 subs, you've definitely just gained one more!
I have a funny feeling this video is about to blow up.
It definitely should. This video is awesomeeeeee
Me too. Hopefully this helps a bit
Been seeing a lot of etch a sketch stuff recently
For real
dude I said the same thing, but about our robot
can it run doom?
Maybe
Yeah, at 60 Seconds per Frame or 1 Frame Per Minute 😂
it can surely run doom. i saw it running on actual lab cells (such a game would last a couple of centuries but still, it can run it)
graphics driver for a 1 frame per minute computer display (games, interfaces, books?, artwork, weather display, etc)
0.02 fps
Definately subscribing and joining the discord, the idea and robot is incredible and I love the video editing I can't wait for more videos.
Not me banging at my phone yelling " JUST FKING USE STEPPER MOTORS " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
True
SAME
Yea I wanted them to use steppers so bad😭😭 maybe a v2 one day
I thought I heard something.
I really wanted to address the stepper motor thing at the beginning of the video but I knew people's eyes would glaze over - had to trick them into learning about motors >:)
sorry that caused you pain tho, we all must make sacrifices and yours has not gone unnoticed
-alex
I’ve been waiting for someone (smarter than me) to do this for years. Respect.
It feels illegal to find a video this good so early
it feels illegal to have such supportive comments
Dude the farther I get In this vid the more I hope each and every one of y’all finds success and happiness in life
stop it youre gonna make me cry ❤
The lightning fast sketching photographer in Kung Fu Panda: "Finally a worthy opponent!"
lmaoooo I love kung fu panda
Never in my life have the words, "You could upgrade that Etch-A-Sketch with some kevlar fishing line" come to mind until now, and then I got to the part where you did one better.
overlaying the video of discovering your exhibitor application was accepted over top of the demos being shown is such a sweet editing choice! the full swing of both story arcs happening at the same time really lends an unexpected amount of emotional weight to both of them, incredibly inspired choice, really striking :O
you know, it was one of those editing decisions that was kind of happenstance - bc I accidentally filmed the reaction in portrait mode out of excitement
but yeah then I watched it back and knew it had to stay like that :) I can never tell if people notice the editing tho so I love that you also enjoyed it like I did while making it :))
-alex
This is beautiful. I'm an amateur mathematician and roboticist (and planetary scientist), but it seemed to me the motors were way too fast right from the start. I'm glad you sought to slow them greatly. If it's good enough for your Mom, it's good enough for me. I subscribed immediately. Well done!
Please make a video of you guys exhibiting it at the convention. I'd love to see the live reactions from everyone.
I want to show this to my animatronics students, this was an incredible watch and an amazing project!
Production quality, storytelling, editing, amazing 👌🏼
This is unrelated but I just really love cornbread (i'm from the south)
-alex
Dude this is absolutely amazing, 3 days ago I was thinking if anyone had made a robotic etch a sketch, this video will go viral. No doubt
❤I am just amazed at the support here - I thought we were just going to take a few selfies on the etch a sketch and show it to our friends hahahah
-alex
@@EveryFlavorRobot Bro I told you this was gonna go viral didn’t you like just have 660 or so subs yesterday lol that’s crazy
@@Ben...---... people who called it award:
I don't know, but am glad that this turned up in my feed. With everything that is going on, it's awesome to see the humor, friendship, drive, and a positive way forward.
You guys are friggin talented. To do this in 2 weeks is absolutely insane, and to make such an entertaining video is the cherry on top. Can't wait to see it in San Fran!
Kudos on the design. I'm 40yrs old now & remember what this design resembles!
*Instant Cameras such as the Polaroid* were quite popular for a while. They all had that classic *'Pop-up'* feature. Popping it open to expose the camera & printer shoot.
*So for clarity. We went from Instant Print to digital cameras. Now,because they could & wanted to,we have 'Instant Draw Cameras'!* Nice job y'all!!!*
I would love to see a version of this play bad apple. If it had an automatic rest function it would just be beautiful, even if it took an hour I would sit and watch it.
wait what is bad apple? enlighten me
-alex
@EveryFlavorRobot it's a music video that is known for being played on lots of displays (and "displays"), similar to DOOM. Just google it and you'll see. I believe you'd need a vibration motor or similar to clear it after each frame to get it to automatically play the video
@@EveryFlavorRobot I posted a comment explaining it but it seems youtube deleted it? Anyways: It’s a music video that is commonly used to demonstrate unusual forms of video playback due to it only using black and white. The video itself has a long and complicated backstory, as it is a video for a fan cover of a game theme from an old Japanese game for the pc98. The video was made in MMD. Just google bad apple, it has a ton of views!
Hey guys I have to say, extremely inspirational. I'm a cyber security guy but I've been diving into this stuff so much more after picking up a 3D printer and Fusion360 a few years ago. It's become my favorite hobby and you've definitely inspired me to restart some unfinished projects, also I'm sure you'll inspire many others to start their first, keep it up!
Also, @PrincessEtch
This is awesome! And the fact that it's designed to look like an SX-70 took it to a whole new level for me.
I knew people would notice :)) Tom is a phenomenal designer, I'm so glad he made it look so good
-alex
I love the Ale 8 One package on the wall in the background at 11:23. I grew up in KY. It's a local favorite!
How is this channel so underrated??? Immediate subscribe
I was alive when the etch a sketch was a brand new toy. Every kids fantasy is to make this toy draw a good picture. Ne er dreamed this would happen when I was kid. I guess if you live long enough...you really do get to see everything. I just did. Well done dudes.
This video was awesome! so glad it showed up in my recommended. The production value was insane, has that Michael Storen feel to it but I have to say - I enjoyed this more!
GOOD YT ALGORITHM. this is a great video, subbed :)
Others are jokingly asking "can it run Doom?" But hear me out:
Step 1: Develop a mechanism to shake/vibrate the EtchaSketch and clear the screen between drawings.
Step 2: Render tons of Doom frames on the EtchaSketch and develop an AVG time from start>>completion>reset.
Step 3: OG Doom ran at 35fps. Calculate this avg time against the frame rate, and use that number to estimate how many more models you would need to build to make this feasible. Let say you make 6 more EtchaSketches (it'll still be incredibly slow).
Step 4: Each EtchaSketch gets a camera that photographs each frame at completion. These frames will all be compiled into a final animation.
Step 5: Modify the emulator to run doom at the FPS of your multiple Etch-a-sketches.
Step 6: Develop an AI to play Doom in super slow mo.
Step 7: Begin the slowest game of Doom ever played. Additionally, prepare yourselves for the longest session of troubleshooting and monitoring you've ever experienced.
Edit: Just read the update comment. Im glad yall are working on more iterations!
Actually wild that you’ve got this level of production value and you’re not bigger
600 subs to 30k in 4 days is insane, but you guys deserve it so much. Amazing work, really.
I said "Just use stepper motors and run it like a CNC machine." Before watching the video, and lo and behold.
Great job, I'd love to see a V2 with a bit more time.
I'm not an engineer. I break everything I try to fix. But even I was wondering why you had the etch a sketch inputs at such a wildly fast speed! Great video, I'm very impressed. I broke my etch a sketch to see what was inside in 1978!
What you need to do is... a video! I mean, you need to build a version of the robot that can erase itself, and have it draw each frame, take a photo of the frame, erase, and repeat. It could probably render a 10-minute video in a week.
oh boi. trust me. we want this and it frequently surfaces in our meetings >:)
-alex
@@EveryFlavorRobot play bad apple on the etch a sketch if you get that working
that would be awesome. sounds like they just need some extra code hooked up to whatever clears it. one that connects to a camera and increase the accuracy and they have it working!
Today was my university exam and I had TSP (Travelling Salesman Problem) in my syllabus! I was so hyped when i was studying about it and voila I can see it being used practically kudos man nice content!
coffee motor analogy is genius
I still don't understand why coffee makes me do that
Caffene@@EveryFlavorRobot
I don't like coffee so I use instrumental metal and works even better
@@aivarsgraudins8423 , caffeine amplifies the effect, but it is not the cause, because decaffeinated coffee will also make people need to go, and because there are many other caffeinated drinks out there (like soft drinks and tea) that don't make people need to go. The real cause is the gastrin hormone production that is boosted by coffee.
Wtf how did you go from 600 to 11k in ONE VIDEO??? Thats absolutely incredible!
I do hope you guys get a viral hit soon, it'd be well deserved.
maybe then we could afford some stepper motors 👀 thanks for the support! You can say you knew us before it was cool
@@EveryFlavorRobot Too broke to add financial support but this was sick I'm showing my friends!
@@EveryFlavorRobot Hey looks like this one gave you a big jump of subs =D I'm one of them lmao
thank you for being one of the few youtubers brave enough and willing to use non-stepper motors. They are so overused. This is probably an ideal use case for steppers, but I feel like so many totally use steppers when regular motors are more called for. So this was a breath of fresh air!
I appreciate this comment :) so many people are raving about how we didn't use steppers and I guess the coffee analogy went over their heads - the point was a challenge and a spectacle! Otherwise it would have been one of a thousand boring old stepper motor etch a sketches 😝
Wow what a sick robot and video! Though I think we all know where the true talent is... @2:25
Seriously though the production quality of this video is next-level
Ben freed is about to be a household name 🤠
Dude! I had this exact same idea for such a long time in the back of my head. I'm very glad someone did it finally, you guys did an awesome job in such a short amount of time. I cannot wait on how much this can be improved and polished with a little more time. Hope you have a great time at open sauce!
I was sub-1000 subs. People won't be able to say that for long. Well done, lads.
Twelve hours later and I'm joining in the 6,500s. Looking forward to the journey!
ur a legend for that 😤
Another day later and we're at almost 18k :)
@@aL3891_ over 18k now
I wish I wasn't so dumb..but I'm an artist.
This is his wife posting on his tablet.
He's actually a genius❤
I just refreshed the page a couple hours after I saw this video and was shocked to see the crazy sub count increase
Congrats on 12k, you deserve it
Edit: 12K?!
It's now 27K
@@EmmetCromie The original comment was on 2K 💀I had to edit it up to 12k but I've realized that I just can't keep up.
@@evan_roos4569 Why did you edit it up to12K if you kept the time the same at 2 hours?
You certainly made the first etch-a-sketch rumble pack, high caliber machine gun haptic immersion simulator.
I'm surprised this hadn't been done yet, though. I was sure this is the first thing engineers would to with an etch-a-sketch
when i started watching i thought you had like 1m subs, content has that much quality, shocked when saw it is only 1k. hope more people sees this video and blows up. keep it up!
1M subs is unfathomable to my smol monkey brain so I will not think,
but I will keep making robots go brrr
-alex
It now had 27K only 2 days later
Thanking us for 600 subs, meanwhile 3 days later you’re at 27.6K. Congratulations man, really goes to show how much your hard work, dedication, and arguable most importantly collaboration pays off. Beautiful
I love your videos! You guys are very under rated for the quality of videos you guys make. I hope you guys the best. God Bless
Hell yeah, a new creator channel!
Absolutely captivating video, can't wait to see more!
Thanks!! Ur work is really cool btw
this is absolutely hallarious i thought yall would have a million subs 😭
At first, I wasn't sure but your collective enthusiasm, laughter, and determination made me stay for the entire video! You guys rock!! I can't wait to see what else you come up with. Outfitting this Etch-A-Sketch with a camera/computer vision so that it can draw what it sees, would be absolutely killer!! Best of luck to you all! BTW, I had an Etch-A-Sketch in the early 1950s...yes, I'm an old dude but still in love with Tech!! Cheers!
Okay, this project is really awesome, great solutions! Also, great video!
Dude the cinematography of this video is amazing! And it's not even the subject! Skilllllss
Amazinf video guys, you will make it big! Keep the videos coming!
this channel is criminally underrated
Wow this is amazing
you deserve WAY more subscribers!
Wow man.
The production level of this video is superb, I was shocked when I found out you only had 600 subs.
Well I'm one now, I feel like I'm getting in on the ground floor of something that's gonna be huge.
Good luck guys
This is a really cool project, and a great video to boot
Well done!
thanks! We worked really hard on it :) Also, nice to see a fellow Alex 😎
I'm always frustrated when AI chatbots have a completely artificial delay programmed into them 'to be realistic'. Like, if you can generate a response in 0.01 seconds, don't say "Chatbot is typing..." when I know you're not physically typing. So to see this thing draw a square faster than my eyes could see the line grow, just bam and there's a complete square on the screen, that was very satisfying (and I'm honestly impressed the Etch-a-Sketch lasted for so long before any mechanical fault). Excellent work!
Brooooo i was doing the same robot!! Nice build!
First time I've seen any of your stuff, instantly earned my subscription. Now it's time to binge the rest of what you've done.
Oh 😳 no not the old videos... they are so awk (I'm still learning!) Go easy on me hahaha
-alex
I thought this would be a bigger channel... but I still love this content!
One step at a time, except not a step because we only had brushless on hand
@@EveryFlavorRobot
I was noticed…
Not very often that this happens!
You’re actually so good at editing and crafting a story
Very cool and professional project and video
Instant subscribe after I seen it drawing in the opening. This is so crazy impressive very reminiscent of when I stumbled on will years ago. A silly concept but an outrageous amount of understanding and effort put into it good for yall.
Amazing job y'all! This is so freaking cool!
Damn this was sitting in my feed for 2 days, why did I wait?? Awesome stuff guys, really fun to watch.
Absolutely awesome project its incredible how that thing actually works so good at such high speeds too- The amount of work that went into it really shows! (Great excuse to use the CO2 laser for the acrylic panels! it makes it look so much more clean and mesmerizing!)
Absolutely criminal that you do not have more subscribers and recognition for all the work and passion put into these projects!
Really loved the "this is fine" demo it just looked like everything was melting and was very silly
I wondered the same with "what is inside an etch a sketch" as soon as my great great uncle brought one over the big pond from Canada to Germany. I did not have to open it for that, just draw parallel lines close together to free the glass from the electrostatic particles clinging to the backside of the glass.
I miss that thing ;) but never got to the perfection of drawing with it the way some artists do.
It was hours of fun for 3 siblings, though. Your robot build video will be forwarded to my youngest nephew, though. He was building stuff from an early age, and might get inspired by it.
This is seriously amazing!!! I wish I was going to opensauce if only to see y'all!
Thanks!!! If only it wasn't so far away hahaha
This is a superb effort. On so many levels this is sooo good. Bravo. Very excited to see what you do.
underrated channel!
I got this feeling I'm about to see a lot more of this channel
This is freaking awesome
Wow, that's a really good video for a channel that was just 600 subs big, you really deserve the hype!
Absolutely amazing and incredibly underated
So glad the algorithm did it's thing! You're already at 30k subs and I'm incredibly happy to be one of them!
Can't wait to see your future projects. And congrats bro, you did it!!
You guys are freaking amazing!
I didn't realize you only had 11K subs with the quality of the video, I went to see what other videos you had and saw that you made it halfway to 12K in the time it took me to watch the video. I wish you guys good luck, you'll be passing 100K in no time!
Omg I swear I had this idea many years back but had no clue how to implement the control mechanisms (not a mech eng at all). I absolutely love this. Ty for making this
I clicked for the idea. Stayed for the result. Subbed for more.
Congrats on getting into Open Sauce! I hope you get to hang out with lots of other robotics UA-camrs! Great project and great video - it's great to see the progression and how you overcame the engineering problems. Making a video of it all must make it even harder!
thanks! We've been meeting a few through the open sauce discord and I'm already so excited. Its crazy how engineering problems almost naturally follow the story arc people are used to finding in media! Something about being excited to do stuff and then it blowing up in your face idk
-alex
That is flat-out amazing! Well done, all!
Really great execution and build process. Makes me wanna build some stuff ❤