Reprogrammed Assembly Line Robots Make Fine Art in San Francisco
Image Credit: Bot & Dolly
What is an Autofuss? Good question. The four year old San Francisco design firm is hard to pin down. Go to the website to find out, and you will be shown (not told) with a lush selection of video shorts defying the laws of physics and begging the question, “How’d they do that?” Well, you wouldn’t be here if the answer were anything else. Robots, of course.Here's one of the Bot&Dolly video's:
Autofuss is where art and technology collide, and we got treated to a tour at a recent Singularity University Executive Program.
Upon arrival, visitors are greeted by an upscale San Francisco café in a converted loading dock called Front. Front is the newest of two sister companies cofounders, Randall Stowell and Jeff Linnell, started after Autofuss.
The name is fitting—it is a front. Through a door in the back, the ceilings rise and the walls expand into an industrial space reminiscent of grease and machines and the cacaphony of a bygone era. But most of the grease has long departed and gleaming in its place are two giant robotic arms. The robots used to be assembly line workers at an auto plant. Now they’re artists....MORE
Speaking of Dolly, I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I prefer the electric sheep of Wales:
