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Paint by Drone employs a set of one-meter wide UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), each of them equipped with sensors and carrying a spray paint tank. Each drone paints with CMYK as in most traditional printing processes.
A central management system regulates the drones’ operations in real-time, from image painting to flight, using an advanced monitoring system that precisely tracks the UAV’s position, detecting multiple devices simultaneously. Drones can draw content submitted digitally, via an app.
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Paint by Drone
Design: Carlo Ratti Associati
Design team: Carlo Ratti, Saverio Panata, Antonio Atripaldi, Monika Löve, Andrea Galli, Gary di Silvio, Gianluca Zimbardi
Year: 2017