Comments on: Ben Grosser's interactive robotic painting machine http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FutureNerd http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1194460 FutureNerd Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1194460 Ed Ligget. Tuba, you might mean Harold Cohen's AARON.  The software has evolved over the years and has controlled, e.g., a "turtle" that painted on the floor, a plotter like Ben Grosser's, and a screen saver.  http://crca.ucsd.edu/~hcohen/ Ed Ligget. Tuba, you might mean Harold Cohen’s AARON.  The software has evolved over the years and has controlled, e.g., a “turtle” that painted on the floor, a plotter like Ben Grosser’s, and a screen saver.  http://crca.ucsd.edu/~hcohen/

]]> By: Edmund Rapin http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1193756 Edmund Rapin Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1193756 @ forget color. I wondered about that I assumed it could but wasn't a 100% because there was no demonstration of it. Thanks for the link. @ forget color. I wondered about that I assumed it could but wasn’t a 100% because there was no demonstration of it. Thanks for the link.

]]> By: forget color http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1191384 forget color Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1191384 It also functions as a member of a music ensemble, listening to and interacting with another musician: http://vimeo.com/27759330 .  It also functions as a member of a music ensemble, listening to and interacting with another musician: http://vimeo.com/27759330 . 

]]> By: Edmund Rapin http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1191321 Edmund Rapin Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1191321 What a wonderful machine, what wonderful potential. Having machines make art isn't a new idea that's been around for a hundred years and there are giclee printers etc. that spray paint on any surface of any image you want. I don't think that's the point here. It's a machine that paints based on feedback the big one flaw if you want to call it that is that the feedback it gets is only the sound of itself, which makes me wonder why the images are different. Very intriguing enterprise. Well done sir. What a wonderful machine, what wonderful potential. Having machines make art isn’t a new idea that’s been around for a hundred years and there are giclee printers etc. that spray paint on any surface of any image you want. I don’t think that’s the point here. It’s a machine that paints based on feedback the big one flaw if you want to call it that is that the feedback it gets is only the sound of itself, which makes me wonder why the images are different. Very intriguing enterprise. Well done sir.

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1191238 Listener43 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1191238 Sounds like the machine in Sladek's novel, The Muller-Fokker effect. Sounds like the machine in Sladek’s novel, The Muller-Fokker effect.

]]> By: griever http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1191026 griever Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1191026 that reminds me of Count Zero, that half destroyed robot making assemblage art out of the debris that reminds me of Count Zero, that half destroyed robot making assemblage art out of the debris

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190780 rrh Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190780 Well, if he's already been refining since 2008, I can't blame the artistic strategy of "abandoning" a work rather than "finishing" it at some time in the future. Well, if he’s already been refining since 2008, I can’t blame the artistic strategy of “abandoning” a work rather than “finishing” it at some time in the future.

]]> By: Ally McGurk http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190767 Ally McGurk Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190767 It needs some way of using a different brush for each colour. As it goes on the colours get more and more muddy, because it's just dipping the same brush into each pot. It's a clever idea, but as KBert says, it needs refining. It needs some way of using a different brush for each colour. As it goes on the colours get more and more muddy, because it’s just dipping the same brush into each pot.

It’s a clever idea, but as KBert says, it needs refining.

]]> By: KBert http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190753 KBert Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190753 All the more to scream "What a waste!" Please, team up with someone(s) to refine the output. All the more to scream “What a waste!”
Please, team up with someone(s) to refine the output.

]]> By: Ed Ligget. Tuba. http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190635 Ed Ligget. Tuba. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190635 I vaguely remember seeing a movie about something like this that was made I think it the 70s. I vaguely remember seeing a movie about something like this that was made I think it the 70s.

]]> By: Barry Sanders http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190619 Barry Sanders Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190619 Aphex Twin needs to remix this video. Aphex Twin needs to remix this video.

]]> By: GuyInMilwaukee http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190555 GuyInMilwaukee Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190555 I may not know good art when I see it but I sure know good programming. Nice! I may not know good art when I see it but I sure know good programming. Nice!

]]> By: rakatko http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190498 rakatko Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190498 i wonder if deep down, the robot felt the same way.  i wonder if deep down, the robot felt the same way. 

]]> By: DeepNorth http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/ben-grossers-interactive-robotic-painting-machine.html#comment-1190495 DeepNorth Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114004#comment-1190495 This is very cool, but seeing the colours getting mixed between each stroke is like repeated torture. This is very cool, but seeing the colours getting mixed between each stroke is like repeated torture.

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