ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya by Titus Ebbecke

ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya by Titus Ebbecke is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Robotigga, Mishiinnada iyo Otomaatiga Competition Category.

NaxaasRobotig· 2020

ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya

by Titus Ebbecke

Client: University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Robotig Category

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The Design

About ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya

Qoraalka Buugga: ARTificial waa robot rinji ah oo iskeed u shaqeeya kaana abuura farshaxan aan lahayn ka qeyb-qaadasho bini'aadam oo la taaban karo. Shabakad la dagaallamaysa oo abuuritaan ah (generative adversarial network) ayaa soo saarta sawir cusub oo qofnimo leh, waxaana algorithm cusub u beddela sawirka dijitalka ah tixraacyo (coordinates). Kadibna robot warshadeed ayaa ku rinjiya sawirka maro (canvas) isagoo isticmaalaya rinji nooca acrylic ah. Marka laba badhan la riixo, mashiinku wuxuu si aan ula kac ahayn u doortaa mowduuc (motif), wuxuuna qaataa rinji, nadiifiyaa buraashka, kadibna wuu shaqeeyaa ilaa uu farshaxanku dhammaystirmo. Aasaas ka kooban alwaax, koonkiriito iyo bir ayaa taageera hawlgalka ammaan ah. Rakibiddan waxay su'aal ka keentaa in abuurista farshaxanku ay tahay wax gaar u ah uun uunka caqliga leh.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. ARTificial Shaqada Koowaad: Robot Rinji Ah oo Iskeed u Shaqeeya si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

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.