overview artists
The Voice Extruder, an interactive voice sculpture fabricator by Ranjit Bhatnagar (USA)
Ever wondered what your voice would look like if it was an object?
Ranjit Bhatnagar is a sound artist who works both with high technology and primitive tools and found materials to create sound installations and musical instruments. At the Artbots 2011, Ranjit will demonstrate 'The Voice Extruder', an interactive installation that analyses the unique characteristics of your own voice to create objects which are themselves sculptural objects and musical instruments.
Noisolation Headphones, a personal listening experience by Alex Braidwood (USA)
Artist and Inventor Alex Braidwood explores the relationships that people in urban areas have with noise and investigates ways in which these relationships can be transformed. By a process of research-through making, he develops objects, installations and sonic experiences that enable listeners to change their relationship with the noise that surrounds them. The Noisolation Headphones mechanically create a personal listening experience by composing noise from the listener’s environment, rendering it differently familiar.
Jurema Action Plant, an interactive bio-machine by Ivan Henriques (BR)
Jurema Action Plant aims to empower plants by enabling them to use similar technologies as humans use. It is also explores new ways of communication and co-relation between humans, living organism and a machine. The Jurema Action Plant responds to human touch and you can't help but wonder if it has feelings, memory, consciousness?
Emoti-bots, emotional products for automated future homes by Katie Koepfinger & Burcum Turkmen (USA)
As computers begin to move away from screen-based interfaces and become cheaper and more pervasive, their systems will inevitably become more intricate and difficult to understand. With the range of Emoti-bots, Katie and Burcum have transformed common everyday objects like a lamp and a chair into potential interfaces for computing. This experimental project looks aims to develop more natural, instinctive and emotional methods of human-computer interaction.
Unrund, self-moving porcelain objects by Korinna Lindinger (A)
Porcelain robots roll through space. The mechanical swinging movements of the motor inside the robots and the irregular porcelain spheres produce patterns of movements and sound. The random movements make the objects seem as if they have a life of their own.
M&M Robot Orchestra, the largest robot orchestra in the world by Logos (Be)
A professional ensemble where humans meet machines: The Man & Machine Orchestra (M&M). This robot orchestra can play in full interaction with human musicians equipped with either traditional instruments or a very wide variety of sensing devices developed in the Logos Labs. All robots are designed as naked as possible, such that not a single element of their operating principles is obscured nor hidden in boxes and/or behind decorative elements.
Steadystate V2, a shape shifting scultpure by Shahar Zaks (USA)
This sculpture is an experiment in creating a whole that is greater than its parts. The piece is comprised of incredibly simple autonomous units that do nothing more than sense and respond to their environment, resulting in unpredictable movement patterns. Reacting to light, the system can not perform without the assistance of its environment, and will look different every time you watch it.
SADBot, a drawing machine that loves light by Dustyn Roberts and Ben Leduc Mills
This interactive drawing machine was originally developed for the Eyebeam window gallery in New York City. Solar cells are used to power the robot and to affect its behaviour. It uses two solar panels to power two stepper motors which allow the control of a pen in two dimensions. SADbot also takes input from visitors by using a set of sensors that visitors can cover with their hands to change the drawing direction of the pen.
Acquired Knowledge, a story gathering robot by Alexander Reben (USA)
What would happen if the success of a robot was depending on its interaction with a human being?Inspired by projects such as the Afghan Explorer, a robotic war correspondent that can get to places even veteran war correspondents can not reach, Alexander developed 'Boxie' an information gathering robot. Boxie roams the room independently and gathers stories from people passing by, recording the interaction with a built-in camera. Help Boxie to complete his goal and share your story at ArtBots Gent 2011!
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