Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Second Career for Old Robot: Art
Assembly-line robots can do more than just build cars. A European art group claims they can draw, dance, even DJ a party.
Robotlab acquires industrial robots—the metal arms on factory floors that wield welding torches and other manufacturing tools—and reprograms them to become performers in public spaces. Some of the reprogrammed beasts spin tunes, others paint, and still others perform intricate dances to music.