Gallery: Watch: A Welding Robot That's Learning to Create Art Forgeries
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e-David is a welding robot that's learning to create perfect copies of paintings. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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Here's one of its works--these black and white canvasses take about 10 hours for the 'bot to create. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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It can work in color, too. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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Where many painting robot projects aim to give the machine some semblance of 'creativity,' the researchers behind e-David are approaching the problem from the opposite end: breaking down human painting into its most mechanical, algorithmic parts.
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A detail showing some impressive brushwork. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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e-David puts a bird on it. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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One of the 'bot's older works. It has access to a number of different brushes and a palette of 24 colors. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
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The creators think there's plenty of room for e-David to grow as an artist. *Image: Universität Konstanz*
