We normally think of drawing as an (almost) exclusively human activity. The idea behind this research is to explore the concept of post-anthropocentric creativity. We want to understand what art made by an autonomous, non-human intelligence might look like, and if artificial systems can exhibit what we recognise as creative behaviour. This behaviour and the drawings produced might not be the same as what humans would do.
At SensiLab we have developed mobile robots that can draw. These robots serve as an experimental platform for testing different theories about autonomy, creativity and authenticity in art made by machines. The research involves design and development of software and hardware, along with analysis and evaluation of the drawings produced. The goal is to answer the question: can we teach robots to draw?