AUTOPORTRAIT — Cadillac House
AUTOPORTRAIT was a temporary exhibition at the Gallery at Cadillac House in New York City, presented by Visionaire, in which Tellart's ADA0002 robot -- an industrial welding arm retrofitted for autonomous portrait drawing -- sketched visitors' portraits, running October 13 through November 4, 2016.
| Venue | Cadillac House |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2016 |
| Technologies | computer vision / face recognition, robotic arm motion control, autonomous drawing system |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| tellart | Media Design & Software AI / Machine Learning | Designed and built ADA0002, a repurposed industrial welding robot retrofitted with face recognition and autonomous drawing capability |
| leaflabs | Media Design & Software AI / Machine Learning | Engineered the software orchestration layer (computer vision, real-time motion control, communication protocols) |
Description
ADA0002 (Advanced Drawing Automation, a nod to Ada Lovelace) was built from a repurposed ABB IRB1440 industrial welding robot. LeafLabs engineered the orchestration layer combining AI-driven computer vision, real-time motion control, and communication protocols to let the robot sketch a live portrait of each visitor to take home; visitors reportedly waited in line for over two hours for a turn.