Review : CNC Writing and
Drawing Machine
Guided By : Prof. Smita Mate [Assistant
Professor. Department of ETC , Jhulelal
Institute of technology Nagpur]
Submitted By : Mr. Shaikh Mohd Ayaz ,
Mr. Tejas Wandhe , Mr. Pratik Gharad , Mr.
Ankit Wankhede
Abstract
Background / Objectives: In a world of
growing technology, humans are depending on
machines for their work because robots are
versatile, accurate, reliable, and reduce human
effort. There are different types of machines
that do the same work as humans.
Methods / Statistical Analysis: We decided
to develop a machine that can write and draw
using the computer numerical control (CNC)
concept. The machine is developed based on
this research concern with controlling a motor
driver shield for pen movement and a rotating
stepper motor with an Arduino Uno
microcontroller.
Findings: A servo motor is employed for the
up and down movement of the pen in the z
axis. Inkscape and G-code were used to
generate drawings and writings.
Applications / Improvements: The proposed
system can prove helpful for different
categories of people. Specifically for
differently abled people who don’t have any
talent to draw, we proposed this system to
help them.
Key words: Smart writing, Drawing
Machine, Arduino UNO
1. Introduction
Technologies such as automatic speech
writing machines, TTS, text output from
speech, printers, scanners, etc. already exist.
Now we need machines that can write content
in their own handwriting. Exploring the
concepts of CNC machines, we now adopt the
same technique to develop machines for
writing.
2. Literature Survey
Mr. R. Augustian Isaac et al. (2013) [1]
presented a homework machine, a
programmed machine used for writing. A
homework-composing machine would work
like a CNC machine. The machine is chipped
away at at three pivots, which are the axes (X,
Y, and Z). This three-axis motion is controlled
by a stepper motor and a servo motor.
Mr. Nur, Shazwany Zamani et al. (2015), [2]
The authors have generated cheap
handwriting robots based on the
fundamentals of CNC. This handwriting robot
consists of a motor driver shield and a stepper
motor that use the Arduino IDE
microcontroller. A servo motor is used for pen
movement. In this writing, it is created and
uploaded using Inkscape software, and G-
code is produced directly. It has compatibility
with the utilised microcontroller for
controlling motor movement and editing the
drawing, which is given by Inkscape software.
Mr. JuneMd.Mahedi Hasan et al. (2014) [3]
They presented an approach that would
convert human speech into textual matter
using the x-y plotter. This paper consists of
components such as two stepper motors for
sliding in the x-y direction and a servo motor
being used for the movement of writing
material such as a pen or pencil. The
commands for the machine were given by the
controller connected via Bluetooth, which are
already converted into G-code form, and there
is an Android application that converts spoken
content into G-code and feeds it via Bluetooth
to the CNC machine.
Mr. M. Ramjan Begum et al. (2011) [4] The platform for building electronics projects, and
authors shared an approach to designing a it consists of a programmable circuit board
universal robot to carry out robot writing
and a piece of software. Our project's
tasks. The hardware part consists of the
mechanical design of the robotic arm, the construction is simple and low-cost.
adequate choice of motors, and the electronic
devices to drive the robotic joints. The Hardware and Software Requirements
software part contains the high-level algorithm
that converts the desired word sequence of the Table 1. Software Requirements
target point and the control algorithms that
ultimately make the robot more according to
specification. The writing mechanism is made
by speech recognition techniques. Speech
recognition can be provided either by using a
microphone or by using an Android
application.
Mr. Shani Ranjan et al. (2017) [5] Design and
Development of Dual Axis Control Robot for
Writing Robot Through Speech Recognition". Table 2. Hardware Requirements
The authors present an Arduino Uno and
motor driver ICs, which depend on the
technique for implementation of any text or
image into its two-dimensional plotted text or
image using a 2D plotter CNC machine. A
3D-controlled 2D plotting machine, also
called a CNC plotter machine, uses a pen to
write text or draw images on a solid surface.
The programming language for the CNC
system is G-code. Its function is to tell the
machine to move to various points at the
desired speed, control the spindle speed, and Conclusion
turn on and off at various positions given by
the G-code. The image file is transformed into This paper proposes the design of a smart
G-code using software. Then the code is writing and drawing machine. The aim of our
passed on as input to the microcontroller, system is to build a smart machine that
which runs the motor mechanism as per showcases writing and drawing skills. The
instructions to draw the image. proposed system can prove helpful for
different categories of people. Specifically for
3. Methodology differently abled people who don’t have any
talent to draw, we proposed this system to
A servo motor, used to control its speed, is a help them.
device that can push or rotate objects with
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