JP
Ah, robots. We love them, we hate them, we love to hate them. I’ve seen robots that assist the elderly and play the violin and now I’ve seen robots with an artistic talent.
Robotic researcher Sylvain Calinon, has created a humanoid robot which will draw an image of any person that stands in front of it. Basically, it realizes you’re standing there, takes your picture and then voila, insta-doodle. Actually it takes the main characteristics from the photo and after becoming an x/y plotter, will fill in the details of the imagine.
While my first thought is ‘how cute’ I do think this would be quite useful. Depending on how correct it is, if it were synced with a surveillance camera it might be useful in crime solving, just thinking ahead.
Sylvain Calinon [via technabob]
2 Responses to “Robotic Artist draws portraits”
Wayne January 3, 2008
If you had a camera pointed directly at a evil-doer’s face, why would you want a drawing to help identify the person? I’m guessing the actual picture would be more accurate.
NeutralChristina Crouch January 3, 2008
actually i was thinking more along the lines of unclear images or half images, i know we can make do with that, was just a thought on how it could be useful, because i cant think of another practical use for something like this, can you?
Neutral