This is a presentation I did for my Real-time Robotics course at Michigan Technological University.

1. Robotics: Informative art Presented by: Dan Ehlke

2. OUTLINE Introduction Translator II Profiler Fish, Plant Rack Questions

3. Introduction Purpose: comparison of various robots to compare the unique inputs and outputs possible for interpretation.

4. Translator II Created by Sabrina Raaf Chicago-based Artist Dimensions: 2’h x 2’w x 17”d Materials: custom robotics, sensors, and ink drawing CO2 sensor (wall mounted) Sends data wirelessly takes a reading of the CO2 level every few seconds VIDEO

5. Translator II

6. Translator II “The height of the ‘grass’ directly reflects on the human activity or traffic in the space.”

7. Translator II “Watching the artistic output of a machine that is so sensitive to its environment makes the people in the space more sensitive to their environment and its conditions.”

8. Translator II “The grower also provides a memory through it’s drawings of those conditions.”

9. Translator II “Grower offers a model where both machines and humans effect each other by their involuntary cooperation.”

10. Translator II “It is a model where human and machine behaviors interact in a mutually informative and dynamic manner.”

12. Profiler Created by German Organization called ‘Robotlab’ Robot Lab works to put industrial robots in public places through art pieces and installations. Serves as an art piece and a way to expose humans to robots

13. Profiler

14. Profiler

15. Fish, Plant, Rack Andy Gracie Interaction between Fish, Plant & Robot Robot: polycarbonate body, low geared DC motor, standard servo motors. microcontroller mounted on the back receives the calls from the AI and sequences out the actions of the device.

16. Fish, Plant, Rack

17. The Bible Writer Installation Created by ‘Robotlab’ Industrial Robot that writes out all 66 books of the bible.

18. Questions ? Thoughts ?

19. Resources http://www.raaf.org/ http://www.martinahaitz.de/ http://www.hostprods.net/