Boston Dynamics’ remarkable Spot robot is available to various industries to assist with tasks such as inspections, mapping, and monitoring. It has also captured the attention of artist Agnieszka Pilat, who has been using Spot to create various works of art.
Pilat’s latest project involves training three Spot robots to paint a picture for the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
According to the Guardian, the robots will use sticks of oil paint on an acrylic ground canvas attached to the wall to create their masterpiece. The process will be carried out autonomously by the robots, who will be previously programmed with a range of brush strokes to choose from while creating the piece of art.
The Guardian describes the existing paintings by Spot as often childlike, but Pilat disagrees. In recent years, Pilat has sold her works to Silicon Valley players such as telecommunications billionaire Craig McCaw and former Waymo CEO John Krafcik. She sees Spot machines as “young children in human years, who know a lot, but understand very little.”
The training and painting process for the NVG project will take the robots approximately four months to complete, with the artwork hopefully finished in time for the NVG Triennial set to open in December.
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is lending their own Spot robot to Pilat and conducting research to learn more about how people respond to the introduction of autonomous robots into their spaces. According to RMIT’s Brad Crammond, “Art is thought of as a uniquely human endeavor, indicative of the difference between humanity and other creatures.” He added, “Seeing a robot creating art in Melbourne’s premier gallery challenges our ideas about what a robotic future could look like.”
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