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TeleToyland Sandbox 2.0

The TeleToyland Sandbox 2.0 lets you draw in a shared sandbox. You can click multiple times on the image to create a
path for the robot to follow. Let us know if it seems broken or if you have any suggestions!
If you make a cool image, save it and send it to us - we'll post it in the gallery and on our Facebook Page! (info below)
When you are an expert here, you can move up to the Advanced Control interface!
(more instructions at the bottom of this page)

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This version of the sandbox is Arduino controlled and is made with simple T-slot contruction.
Check out the How It Works section to see how we built it.

To make a simple path, just click a few times on the top image. When you click on the "Go!" button,
The robot will move to the first point with the
stylus up, then put the stylus down and move to each subsequent point. You can clear out the points you have set
with the "Reset" button.

You can also use the "up" and "down" buttons. The first image point will still be moved to with the
stylus up, but after that, you can use the "up" and "down" buttons to add those commands to the queue.

The colors can be changed by clicking on the color buttons. These are queued up like the image clicks and the up and down
commands so you can add color changes in your command sequence. The camera is automatically attempting to adjust to color changes, so
the colors on the screen don't match the actual colors very well right now. You can sometimes see a flash of the actual color before
the camera adjusts.

Use the Wipeout command to draw a series of lines to mostly cover up any previous drawings. This is an immediate command
and will add those lines to the queue without needing to click on the Go button. The other fun line art commands will also work
immediately. Most of these line drawings are from math worksheets at
MyMaths.co.uk.

We're collecting a gallery of your favorite drawings and posting then to our Facebook Page! You can save the picture (use your browser right click -> Save Picture)
and email it to carl@teletoyland.com for inclusion in the gallery. Please tell us your name
(first name is fine) and city.

A student project at the University of Central Florida used the Sandbox 2 design as it's base. The project
is a voice-activated chess board
that interprets voice commands, runs the commands through a chess engine, and then physically moves the pieces!
They have a small website up with a short video of the operation.

The easy T-Slot construction of the Sandbox 2 provided inspiration to a team at the San Jose State University
QuakeBot project. The project will be shown at the
2012 San Mateo Make Faire, and is documented
here.