Artsbot-2003

Name
ArtSbot (Art Swarm of Robots)

Date of creation
2003

Description
Set of 10 ant-like robots, with an oval chassis of 20 x 15 cm, moved by 3 wheels and carrying two marking-pens. Each robot is 12.5 cm tall and weighs 750 grs

Notes
ArtSbot was created with the collaboration of Henrique Garcia Pereira, professor at IST (Technical University of Lisbon), Vitorino Ramos and Idmind

Books
Man + Robots: Symbiotic Art (Amazon)
Symbiotic Art (b/w facsimile Amazon)

References
First shows
ICHIM Berlin, 2004
ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show, 2004
Robots!, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2005
Artware, Peru, 2005

Online
First references online
Neural, 2004
Food for minds, 2004 (Italiano)
We make money not art, 2006
Rhizome, 2006

https://youtu.be/UlO_NMtN2r8

Works

A large painting done by the swarm of artsbot robots.
Artsbot 010304, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 195 x 130 cm
Robots at work