Week 3: Robotics and Art

Robotics has always been a fascination in the world of art due to hits futuristic nature and the unknown that it presents to the world.  Robots are defined by what humans can make them do, just like how an art piece is defined by what perception or feelings are put into the paint style or image drawn.  Because robotics are a sole invention of the creative human mind, there lies many emotions and concerns with the production of robots. 

I, Robot. 2004.

This is seen in the main conflict of the movie I, Robot that came out in 2004. (Proyas)  A brief description of the movie is that the human world and interaction with others is almost completely controlled by robots and the robots being used are smart and have an adaptive capability that allows them to become smarter through experiences.  The robots believe that humans are the problem in society and end up trying to turn the tides and take over the city where the movie is.  This artistic view of mass production of robots and their intelligence is a view of negativity.  The robots are seen as the destruction to human society, but there is one self-aware robot that acts more like humans and is seen as the hope of the movie.  As Hod Lipson says the future of robots are they being self-aware and adapting to environments. (Lipson) The art behind self-aware robotics is that they constantly doing their own experiments and getting results and changing based on those results.

Robot creating a sketch drawing

Robotic arts are based on kinetic art, which is the use of machines or technology to express an artistic idea whether it is using computers or stationary machines. (Art Radar)  But robotic arts are more than just what we can do with mechanics, its what we can do with programming.  There are robots being made that can paint or create art themselves, which is flipping the role of how we see robotic art. (The Local) To think that the day would come where robots would be painting classic arts is amazing.  As you can see, the internet world and computing world is expanding, which is creating an increase in robotics and also an increase in production, making the robotic world a hot topic for artistic showmanship. (Norman, 2015)

The possibilities made by human engineering and robots.  Robots creating art.

References

 

Lipson, Hod. "Building "self-aware" Robots." TED. 2007. Web. 19 Apr. 2015. <http://www.ted.com/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots>.

I, Robot. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. :, 2004. DVD.

"Art Radar." Art Radar. 9 May 2014. Web. 19 Apr. 2015. <http://artradarjournal.com/2014/09/05/what-is-robotic-art-art-radar-explains/>.

"Painting Robot Sparks 'what Is Art?' Debate." The Local. 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 19 Apr. 2015. <http://www.thelocal.de/20131023/52543>.

Norman, Jeremy. "Relating the Rapidly Changing Present to the Distant Past as Far as Book History Is Concerned." Relating the Rapidly Changing Present to the Distant Past as Far as Book History Is Concerned. Web. 19 Apr. 2015. <http://www.historyofinformation.com/narrative/index.php>.