A tiny CNC platform.

How I co-founded a studio to produce robots for the maker community.

role

  • Project lead
  • mechanical engineering
  • Community management
  • Workshops
  • Video

    • date

  • 2016

    • links

  • official website

    • technology

  • Arduino
  • Windows 10, UWP
  • Unity
  • Custom electronics

    • Piccolo is a pocket sized open source CNC-bot. Using laser-cutting, off-the-shelf hardware and Arduino, you can make your own simple 3 axis robot. Attach a brush or pen to make a quick drawing robot, or extend Piccolo with sensors, custom tool-heads, or by using multiple Piccolos together. Experiment with 2D or 3D digital fabrication at a small scale!



    Uses Arduino and is powered over USB or by an external 5V supply. Either use the Piccolo PCB, or another Arduino compatible board.


    Clip on toolheads. Use the default pen holder, or design your own output tools.


    Miniature CNC. 50x50x50mm output envelope fits conveniently on a sticky note.

    Designed for makers.

    Piccolo is designed as a Open-Source product. Easily produced from off-the-shelf components and using a laser cutter. Piccolo is made to be easily extendable, hackable and educational. Piccolo comes with software libraries and design files to build you own mini-CNC creations with.