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Putting
the art
in AI
OXFORDSHIRE, UK
Meet a pioneer of the art
world: Ai-Da. She’s the
first robot artist able to
draw from sight. The
brainchild of Oxford
gallery director Aidan
Meller, Ai-Da’s body was
created by Cornish
robotics firm, Engineered
Arts. Her head is made
lifelike with silicone skin,
3D-printed teeth and
gums, and individually
punched hair.
The secret to Ai-Da’s
artistic prowess lies in AI
algorithms, developed at
the University of Leeds,
that process the
information captured by
her camera eyes and send
instructions to her
mechanical arm. Ai-Da
can sketch people in pen
and pencil, and also
creates abstract artworks
such as those shown here.
For these, her artistic
output is passed through
further algorithms,
printed on canvas and
painted over by a human.
Ai-Da’s first London show
is scheduled for later
this year.
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