Gallery: Meet Bond, the Robot That Creates Handwritten Notes for You
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Bond combines the best parts of MakerBot 3-D printers and Montblanc pens to create custom communiqués.
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Writers type their message into the Bond App.
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MakerBot founder Bre Pettis is an early investor in Bond.
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Customers can choose from multiple fonts and stationary options to customize their correspondence.
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Bond will turn your handwriting into a custom font. For $499, they'll even spruce up your handwriting.
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Unlike fonts which are rendered instantaneously with pixels or printer toner, Caberwal insists that the Bond robots write letters the way a human would, rather than relying on algorithmic shortcuts.
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Bond has to balance robot kinematics with the flow of ink from fine pens.
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Caberwal describes Bond's aesthetic as "technology meets tradition." "We have Chesterfields in the office and a calligraphy team using hand-dipped pens, alongside 3-D printers, laser cutters, and hacksaws which enable us to build robotics."
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"It's why we love certain musicians, actors, chefs, and designers---because they inspire emotion in us, and make us feel something," says Bond founder Sonny Caberwal. "That's core to our mission as an organization: we believe that we can be happier by simply making those around us happy," he says. "We hope Bond makes it easier to do that."
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The designers at Bond are obsessed with stationary and made sure their robot could apply wax seals to letters.
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The seal represents three pen nibs grouped together as a crown.
