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ArtBots - The Robot Talent Show
douglas repetto writes "Info on the participants in the Second Annual International ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show, to be held in New York this July, is now online. and there's lots of fun geek/tech/art candy. Participants include robots that draw, sculpt, and play musical instruments, as well as many with talents that are a bit harder to pin down."
This is how everything started (http://www.terminator3.com/)...
Does anyone know if Oman the robotic artist is competing, i used to be the webmaster for the Oman website but I can't seem to find him registered, can anyone close to the event tell me if oman the robotic artist has registered?
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I am really sorry to bring this up, but this technology can probably be paired up with something like this for the most realistic (or, possibly good beyond realism) blowjob in the history of mankind...
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I don't know about you guys, but I think the tribble robot would make a great children's toy, or a dumbed-down (and toughened up) version to entertain your dog :)
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Mr. Rembrandt? I'm guessing it was about 1970.
did anyone else see the happy feet robot and think of the Simpsons episode where Lisa tapdanced with the automated tap shoes? looks like that may be a reality now.
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Alicia Keyes' Fallin as well as any 12 year old with a desire to be on American Idol, count me in!
Maybe soon they will have robots jamming on tennis rackets while one of them blasts old Beatles tunes.
...that can filter my inbox. That's real art, man.
There's a band called Captured by Robots that's pretty cool. The guy built a bunch of robots (i.e. the 12 string autoharp named "GTRBOT666") for his bandmates as he "didn't get along with the human variety" very well.
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The music is eh, but the show itself is rad.
These are some pictures of the robots themselves: http://www.chromatic-fantasy.com/2002-05-04-captu
(Yes, the robots actually play music.. )
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At Wageningen University, a competition will be held tomorrow for robots to race through a cornfield.
Here's the site with a small movie showing a robot going.
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Grab yourself a turntable and some vinyl and give it a go - I think you'll be very surprised how difficult it is to play a turntable well. You've got to be improvise and keep in time with a far faster beat than you'll find in any other form of music, and have an excellent understanding - or rather feel - for how a particular sound can be manipulated by combinations of speed of movement and pressure. Contrary to popular belief, a turntablist doesn't just slam down a record and move his/her hand back and forth - it would sound atrocious.
That said, I suspect this robot wont be a very good player - it's creating scratches alone, without any backing beat, and there's no mention made of what sounds it's scratching over. Best guess is that it hashes your e-mail into some function representing speed and direction, and translates that directly to the motors on the decks.
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With our current level of technology robots are incapable of existing in the art world. They may be able to create a useless, uninspired, simple meaningless object, scribble, or splatter, but they are incapable of the the silver tongued chaos, fraud, and illogic involved in passing off such pieces as anything other than what they are: sheer garbage.
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many with talents that are a bit harder to pin down.
You mean like alcoholic, kleptomaniac, robots that are benders of steel?
I know what you mean. How do you classify such a talent?
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