ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́ by Titus Ebbecke

ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́ by Titus Ebbecke is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Rọ́bọ́tíìkì, Ẹ̀rọ Adáṣe àti Ìṣàdáṣe Competition Category.

IdẹRọ́bọ́tíìkì· 2020

ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́

by Titus Ebbecke

Client: University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Rọ́bọ́tíìkì Category

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The Design

About ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́

ARTificial jẹ́ robot fífín àwòrán aládàáṣiṣẹ́ tí ó ń dá iṣẹ́-ọnà sílẹ̀ láìsí ìdásí ènìyàn kankan tó fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ tó. Nẹ́tíwọ́kì generative adversarial kan ń dá àwòrán ojú tuntun kan, tí algoridimu tuntun kan sì ń yí àwòrán dígítà náà padà sí àwọn ìdarí-ipò (coordinates). Robot ilé-iṣẹ́ kan wá ń fín àwòrán ojú náà sórí kánfásì pẹ̀lú àwọ̀ akiriliki. Lẹ́yìn tí a bá tẹ bọ́tìnnì méjì, ẹ̀rọ náà a máa yan àpẹẹrẹ láti inú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ láìlérò, yóò gba àwọ̀, yóò fọ búrọ́ọ̀sì rẹ̀, yóò sì ṣiṣẹ́ títí tí iṣẹ́-ọnà náà yóò fi parí. Ìpìlẹ̀ tí a fi igi, kọnkéré àti irin ṣe ń rí i dájú pé iṣẹ́ náà ń ṣiṣẹ́ láìséwu. Ìṣètò yìí ń béèrè bóyá ìdásílẹ̀ iṣẹ́-ọnà jẹ́ ti àwọn alààyè olóye nìkan.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́ yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. ARTificial Robot Fífín Àwòrán Aládàáṣiṣẹ́ ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

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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.