Stylized robotic clay sculpting

SIGraDi 2022. Critical Appropriations

“…This research presents two directions to achieve clay material transmittance if one engages with physical clay deformation and composition. In Stylized Robotics clay sculpting (Ma et al,2021), designers have developed traditional techniques for creating stylized cultural creations, such as the use of six-axis robot arms to fabricate stylized cultures. Additionally, an algorithm was used to mimic brushstrokes of oil painting, allowing them to generate toolpaths for creating the styled cultures.…”

CineMPC: Controlling Camera Intrinsics and Extrinsics for Autonomous Cinematography

“…Various works explore the transformation of robots into painters, with techniques ranging from replicating existing styles of real painters [4], [16] to preprocessing input images for simplified robot input [17], or even autonomously creating graffiti [18]. Some works focus on robots sculpting without human interaction [5]. Artistic expressions extend beyond sculpture or painting; for example, some solutions involve robots acting as professional dancers [19] or serving as autonomous cinematographers.…”

“…On the other hand, Artistic robotics has emerged as a promising field in recent years for both the general audience and the robotics community. The main focus of this trend is using robots to express or design art in various manners, such as the aim to transform robots into painters [4], sculptures [5], dancers, or even cinematographers [6]. One of the latest trends in robotic arts involves the use of a team of robots or drones that collaboratively create artistic shapes, which is the main focus of this work.…”

“…For instance, some existing works aim to convert robots into painters, with techniques that go from copying existing techniques from real painters [2], [3], preprocessing the input images to simplify the input given to the robot [4] or even to paint graffiti autonomously [5]. In other works, the robots are able to sculpt sculptures without human interaction [6]. Other robotic works explore diverse expressions of art like dance [7] or autonomous drone cinematography.…”

Robotic Sponge and Watercolor Painting Based on Image-Processing and Contour-Filling Algorithms

“…Interesting examples are the spray painting systems based on a serial manipulator [19] or on an aerial mobile robot [20], the robotic system based on a team of mobile robots equipped for painting [21], and the artistic robot capable of creating artworks using the palette-knife technique proposed in [22]. Other applications of robotic systems to art include light painting, performed with a robotic arm [23] or with an aerial robot [24], as well as the stylized water-based clay sculpting realized with a robot with six degrees of freedom in [25].…”