A robot caricature artist that draws your guests live

A Draw Bot: a camera photographs the guest, software exaggerates the features into caricature line art, and a robotic arm draws it in pen while the guest watches. Each sheet takes one to three minutes and carries your logo, names or event theme.

A real drawing. The arm holds a pen and draws the face stroke by stroke on paper pre-printed with your branding. The software decides the lines; the pen puts them on the page in front of everyone.

Same idea, different name. "Robot sketch artist", "sketch robot" and "drawing robot" all describe an arm that draws a guest from a photo. Ours draws in pen, in caricature or realistic style, on paper carrying your branding.

Not in the usual sense. A digital caricaturist draws on a tablet and prints the screen. Here the drawing is made in pen, on paper, in front of the guest; the digital part is the emailed copy, which can be an animation of the sheet being drawn.

Between 20 and 60 per bot per hour, depending on sheet size and detail, and we run up to three bots side by side — 60 to 180 caricatures an hour at full strength. At the River Lions home opener that meant 400 fans and 400 different drawings in one night.

Yes — couples, groups and pets. Bring the dog; it gets the same big-head treatment as everyone else.

Yes. The River Lions sheets drew every fan as a basketball player; the JUNO After Party sheets carried music notes and the JUNO mark. Sport, music, a holiday look or your brand colours are all designed before the event.

It does. Children love watching themselves appear on the page, and clean line art doubles as a colouring sheet once they get home. It works at family parties and community days as well as adult-only events.

Yes. The sheet the arm drew is handed over on the spot, and a digital copy is emailed to the guest. The digital version can be an animation of the caricature being drawn.

About 8×8 feet per bot and one regular outlet. We arrive about 40 minutes before guests to set up, bring our own hotspot so venue Wi-Fi is optional, and work indoors or outdoors.

As soon as you have a date. A flat $100 deposit holds it, and a custom sheet design needs the artwork about two weeks before the event. Book as early as you can — some 2027 weekends are already fully booked.

The opt-in list as a CSV — names and emails guests gave willingly for their digital copy — plus a short report of portraits drawn, participation and shares.

Draw Bots start at $1,000, then the event is quoted: hours, guest count, number of bots and the sheet design set the final figure. The deposit is a flat $100 and the balance is due 14 days before. Everything with a published price is on the rate card.

St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto and the rest of the GTA. Travel is included in the quote.