Horizon: Neil BrandHorst

An ambitious laser control system project implemented through real-time modelling Grasshopper 3D/Rhino, blue-tooth enabled Arduino motor controllers, a bespoke laser-cut and 3D printed servo gizmo, and a modular track system with DC servo motor.

The project involved:

  1. Developing a generative horizon motion system, and testing the system within a VR environment to optimise its parameters.
  2. Developing a real-time system to calculate inverse kinetics from the horizon position, and produce individual gizmo control values.
  3. Design and build the individual gizmo control elements (height adjustment via v-track rail, individual ‘roll’ and ‘pitch’ control of the laser.
  4. Construct the track system
  5. Implement communication between the IK system and the gizmo control hardware.