Gallery: A Gravity-Defying Robot That Draws Huge Abstract Artworks
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This robot, dubbed a "Vertwalker," looks like a squashed Roomba and climbs gallery walls to create giant abstract murals.
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The Vertwalker is guided by a "Color Protocol," software that dictate the pattern that should be drawn.
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Its Arduino-based hardware is controlled by "color protocol" software that instructs the robot to draw parabolic, bow-like lines using a graffiti paint pen.
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Bound by its programming, the work is never complete and the Vertwalker continuously writes over its previous work.
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Every day, the bot cycles through eight specially formulated colors, with a bit of help from a human apprentice.
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Vertwalkers creators have no intention of smoothing the designs rough edges. Like an abstract expressionist with paint splattered jeans, the Vertwalker owns its binary bohemian vibe.
