In 2014, I joined the thrilling Icarus' project.
Much like in the LightScythe hustle, my teammates were fellow students at Les Mines Paritech, a top Engineering school, which provided us with access to the on-site workshop.
Upon my introduction into the project, Edouard and Hassan had successfully crafted a fully customisable drone. Fascinated by their prototype, I proposed we ventured into a new territory: creating an aerial device that could effectively spray paint on inaccessible walls. This is how the Thug Drone came to life!
During this project, I organised the work and guided the team. On several occasions, I also used my street art knowledge to find innovative solutions to “impossible” problems.
We started by testing a command to remotely control the spray:
Then, a support for the servomotor was 3D printed and added:
Finally, after mounting the paint can on the drone, a second servomotor was installed to project the paint horizontally: