A Robotic Tool That Creates Multiple Iteration Hilbert Curve Designs Without Lifting the Pen

Engineer Shy Shalom has created a fascinating drawing tool that is able to generate a single line, multiple iteration Hilbert Curve without raising the pen. The different curve iterations allow for distinct designs to be drawn, such as the cat in this example.

I added a calculation in the interface and this line is approximately 35.881 meters long and it took about 45 minutes to draw. Created using: https://shooshx.github.io/Image2Hilbert/ and an AxiDraw

hilbertcat

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via Evil Mad Scientists

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

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