ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê by Titus Ebbecke

ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê by Titus Ebbecke is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn in Dîzayna Robotîk, Otomat û Otomasyonê Competition Category.

TuncRobotîk· 2020

ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê

by Titus Ebbecke

Client: University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt

Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn Winner in Robotîk Category

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The Design

About ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê

ARTificial robotek xwedmuxtar a boyaxkirinê ye ku bi hema hema bêyî destkeftiya mirovî huner çêdike. Torgilokek generative adversarial (GAN) wênek nû ya portreyê hilberîne, û algorîtmek nûjen wêneyê dîjîtal vediguherîne koordînatan. Piştre robotek pîşesazî bi rengê akrîlîk portreyê li ser qûmaşê (canvas) diçêke. Piştî ku du bişkok tên pêlêdan, makîne motîfek bi awayekî tesadufî hildibijêre, reng distîne, firçeyê paqij dike û dixebite heta ku berhem temam dibe. Binyadek ji dar, beton û pola ewlehiya xebitandinê misoger dike. Ev sazî pirsê radixe ka afirandina hunerê tenê taybetmendiya afirînerên zîrek e yan na.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn

ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên berbiçav ên bi afirînerî, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiyê têne cudakirin re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Tuncînê karên bi têra xwe jêhatî û bi awayekî balkêş afirîner in, yên ku ezmûna fireh, xeyal û çareserkirina sêwiranerên xwe piştrast dikin. Tê hêvîkirin ku ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê tiştekî pir hatiye rêzgirtin, sitayişkirin û delal be, bi awayekî berbiçav pîşekar û nûjen. Ev sêwirana bi Tuncînê serketî pratîkên çêtirîn ên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê digire nav xwe û ji bo baldariya li hûrgiliyan hêja ye. ARTificial Robota Xwedmuxtar a Boyaxkirinê pêdiviyan bi rengekî xweş tîne cih, destê xwe dide daxwazan, hestan dihejîne û meraqê dikişîne.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This robot is among the first fully autonomous machines which create art with barely any human authorship. Upon starting the system, the installation generates a completely new portrait with artificial intelligence. A novel algorithm converts the digital AI art into coordinates and the robot then paints it on canvas with acrylic. The sculpture works without human supervision and challenges the belief of art creation as a property of human or artificial intelligence.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 3000 X 2000 X 1500mm
Weight: 450kg
Tags: artificial intelligence, ai, generative art, robot, industrial robot, algorithmic, software engineering, installation, robot, gan, generative adversarial network
Production Technology: The images are created with a generative adversarial network. The algorithm is written in Python with OpenCV and NumPy. The KUKA robot and the computer are connected with an Ethernet connection. The custom made foundation has been created out of wood, concrete, and steel. A novel algorithm has been developed for this project. The robot is capable of painting unlimited images without human supervision.
Design Challenge: This project required contacting a robot manufacturer, getting funds, transporting the robot and installing its numerous control interfaces. A foundation needed to be designed and constructed, to ensure the safe operation of this dangerous piece of industrial equipment. Finally, the author had to learn how to program a robot, as well as training the artificial Intelligence for multiple days on the most powerful GPU in existence and developing a completely novel algorithm for converting an AI image into coordinates in a safe manner.
Research: This project is based on image synthesis with artificial intelligence and the combination of machine learning with robotics. A novel algorithm and method have been developed, to research whether art-creation can be linked to intelligence and if this sculpture qualifies as an authentic artist. This research has been conducted in cooperation with KUKA and was supervised under the head of corporate research. The algorithmic basis of this image-to-coordinate-translation will be published in 2020.
Inspiration: Intelligence and consciousness seem to be almost exclusive to the human species. Similarly, the creation of art appears to be strongly bound to the intelligence of its author. This exclusivity between art creation and intelligence is so strong, that proving whether machines can be artists, is an essential step towards true artificial intelligence. As Art and intelligence still lack definitions, this project provokes discussions on whether this machine has these attributes.
Project Duration: This bachelor thesis has been created from February 2019 to July 2019. It demonstrated its ability during a two-day exhibition in August 2019, where it painted over 10 hours in front of a hundred visitors.
Operation Flow: The key element of this project is its autonomy. The robot decides what to generate on a random basis and paints as it wishes. This is an attempt to emulate human artists and their creative freedom as much as possible. Two buttons need to be pressed and the robot will start to generate a random image, take paint, clean its brush and will continue to paint until the artwork is finished.