Video credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Photo credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Photo credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Photo credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Photo credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Photo credit: Perry Naseck, Andey Ng, Mary Tsai

Dehumanized Graffiti

Carnegie Mellon University, 2019

ABB Robot Arm, Rhino, Grasshopper, OptiTrack Motive

Concept

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Our project aimed to discover and analyze the gestural aesthetic of graffiti and its translation into a robotic and technical system. Our goal was to augment and extend, but not replace, the craft of graffiti using a robotic system. With the capabilities of the robot, we explored and found artistic spaces that were beyond the reach of human interaction but still carried heavy influences from the original artist. We were able to modify the artist’s aesthetic and tag to create a new art piece that was developed programmed through Grasshopper.