Humans may have created all great artwork to date. But the next generation of talented artists may actually be robots.
That's right, robots.
For the last 10 years, Pindar Van Arman, a technology artist and software engineer, has been building a robot that creates art. Van Arman, who is an avid painter, at first built the robot as an assistant for his personal projects.
But now the robot is capable of making beautiful portraits and landscapes, either with the assistance of a human or entirely on its own. Here's a look at the robot's stunning work:
Here the robot begins its work painting Gandhi.
A human can trace the outline of a photo on Van Arman's website, and the robot will do the actual strokes on canvas.
The robot has a head capable of holding a paint brush and moving it in different angles. It can also clean the brush on its own.
"It can mimic the style of painting," Van Arman told Tech Insider. "If someone dabbed a lot, it would dab."
And the final results are stunning.
Van Arman has steadily improved the robot over time and is currently working on the fifth iteration.
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