Robotic Art.
The Research, Practice, and History
*image Melanie Lane, the First Kiss 2022 (photo Damith Herath)
A Web Portal for Researchers, Practitioners and Participants interested in the use of Robots in Art
“Robotic art and related practices provide a context in which real-time computational technologies and techniques are deployed for cultural purposes. This practice brings the embodied experientiality, so central to art hard up against the tacit commitment to abstract disembodiment inherent in the computational technologies.”
– Simon Penny, “Robots and Art”, D. Herath et al. (eds.), Springer, 2016
The Robotic Art website hosts a number of events, workshops and other activities related to Robots and art. Some of the current and past events could be accessed from below. If you are looking for an introduction to the field or a starting point, the Springer book on Robots and Art is recommended.
Current Events and News
OPEN CALL: Speed-dating to long-term relationships
Frontiers in Research Topic
Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language
Books
Robots and Art - Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis
The first compendium on robotic art of its kind, this book explores the integration of robots into human society and our attitudes, fears and hopes in a world shared with autonomous machines. It takes the reader on a journey into the world of the strange, the beautiful, the uncanny and the daring – and into the minds and works of some of the world’s most prolific creators of robotic art. Book Website here…
“For those wanting to know more about this field, the questions that it raises, and the problems that it faces, this book will prove invaluable.” Online Computing Reviews
The Art of Human-Robot Interaction: Creative Perspectives from Design and the Arts
Advancements in robotics have traditionally been considered the domain of engineering and computer science. However, cross-disciplinary collaborations between the arts and engineering can help drive technical solutions in robotics and fuel innovation in contemporary art. As robotic technologies mature and move beyond research laboratories and the factory floor, there is a greater emphasis and need to understand how to design and implement interactive and collaborative robots in the real world.
Foundations of Robotics: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Python and ROS
This open access book introduces key concepts in robotics in an easy to understand language using an engaging project-based approach. It covers contemporary topics in robotics, providing an accessible entry point to fundamentals in all the major domains. The book provides an inspired, up-to-date and multidisciplinary introduction to robotics in its many forms, including emerging topics related to robotics on Machine Learning, ethics, Human-Robot Interaction, and Design Thinking. (book’s website here)
“This book provides the ‘foundation’ for understanding how robots work. It is the accessible introduction that artists and engineers have been waiting for.”
– Ken Goldberg, William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering, UC Berkeley.
Past Projects
Speed-dating to long-term relationships
Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language
Choreographic Swarms
From Scripting to emergent expressive behaviours to CONNECT humans and robot
Sentimental Machines
Celebrating a decade of Robotic Art at ICRA.
Recorded Talks (from past events)
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