Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Robot sculptures are hijacking galleries all around the world


Two weeks ago, in an industrial shed in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, a team of engineers installed a large, orange robot arm. It was a standard industrial robot arm, but it was not going to be used for standard purposes. The robot’s job would be to carve moulds for the casting of large-scale, metal sculptures. It is being installed by Urban Art Projects, a company that specialises in the manufacture of sculpture and custom architectural facades. Sculpture might not be the first thing that springs to mind if someone mentions robotics. We hear again and again that robots are…

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