Oribotic Instruments
What does it take to create self-aware robotic instruments out of a piece of paper? A workshop was only the start of a new type of avant-garde robotic origami music performances.
Oribotics, a combination of origami and robotics, offers fascinating possibilities – from tiny biomedical devices to the giant James Webb Space Telescope. Together with a team of researchers, key researcher and artist Matthew Gardiner has been developing Oribotics since 2010 at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. With oribotic instruments, the team found a playful way to give robotic origami a musical expression: In a workshop, participants were able to create the paper-based instruments themselves. The potential of the avant-garde instruments was showcased during the festivities for the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s 25th anniversary.
Credit: Ars Electronica Futurelab: Arno Deutschbauer, Matthew Gardiner, Anna Oelsch
Funded through the FWF Austrian Science Fund, PEEK Program
More about Oribotic Instruments:
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Photo: Denise Hirtenfelder
Oribotic Instruments
What does it take to create self-aware robotic instruments out of a piece of paper? A workshop was only the start of a new type of avant-garde robotic origami music performances.
Oribotics, a combination of origami and robotics, offers fascinating possibilities – from tiny biomedical devices to the giant James Webb Space Telescope. Together with a team of researchers, key researcher and artist Matthew Gardiner has been developing Oribotics since 2010 at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. With oribotic instruments, the team found a playful way to give robotic origami a musical expression: In a workshop, participants were able to create the paper-based instruments themselves. The potential of the avant-garde instruments was showcased during the festivities for the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s 25th anniversary.
Credit: Ars Electronica Futurelab: Arno Deutschbauer, Matthew Gardiner, Anna Oelsch
Funded through the FWF Austrian Science Fund, PEEK Program
More about Oribotic Instruments:
ars.electronica.art/futurelab/en/projects-oribotic-instru...
Photo: Denise Hirtenfelder