By Eddi Lecesne
Hotbot is a robotic arm which can draw using heat. The concept is very simple: the air is sent from a balloon through a heated chamber. The thermal paper is the canvas and it draws textures on the paper when the air touch the paper and move above it. Besides, the installation consists of a macro-web camera which allows the user to scan his fingerprint or other things. This is then vectorized and drawn by Hotbot in its interpretation. I think the design is brilliant and the painting by heat is more of art.
Project #2: Vincent and Emily (2012)
By Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler
Vincent and Emily are two robots that show the viewer the solitude of a partner relationship and simultaneously the involvement of the partners in society and their impulses. Similar to humans, they depend for their communication on their sounds via loudspeakers and motions controlled by their motors. The movement of the robots is realised by a pulling system, consisting of three motors whose rotation is transformed into a linear motion via gear wheels and gear racks. It is the elasticity of the moving metal shafts that make the robots' actions smooth and unpredictable. They capture sounds and movements via sensors and react on those signals with own expressions. For example, if Vincent sends positive signals by up and down movements, it is possible that Emily interprets even those signals as negative. Emotions and thoughts are programmed. This project is a good simulations of humans' behaviours. It reflects the unpredictable interaction in our social relationships, intuitive and direct.
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