Brushstrokes are improved through automatic experimentation.
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Abstract
Painting robots, like e-David, are currently unable to create precise strokes in their paintings. We present a method to analyse given brushstrokes and extract their trajectory and width using a brush behaviour model and photographs of strokes painted by humans. Within the process, the robot experiments autonomously with different brush trajectories to improve the reproduction results, which are precise within a few millimetres for strokes up to 100 millimetres length. The method can be generalised to other robotic tasks with imprecise tools and visible results, like polishing or milling.
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The main painting robot.
The mobile demonstration robot on an exhibiton in Zürich.
A piece of human writing.
An automatic reproduction of writing, as produced by the robot.