Robot Painting
For a number of years we have been supporting Rob D Naja (3D/Massive Attack) to develop a robot painting system that utilises paint brushes and spray cans. We have designed, built and installed custom tooling and software to control and instruct a 6-axis industrial arm to apply paint in a way that a human would. This opens up opportunity to create artworks at scales beyond those that a human can, larger quantities and with algorithmic artifacts.
3D Collab with 11bybbs
In 2020 the system has was utilised as part of a campaign / collaboration with 11bybbs. Using spray cans with a mix of programmed trajectories and some stencil work, a high fashion piece of 11bybbs was modified with Massive Attack Mezzanine black paint.
Beyond The Streets exhibition @ Saatchi 2023
During the summer of 2023 Rob/3D presented work which comprised 3 existing Mickey Mouse inspired pieces which had been modified with robot spray painting graffiti text, to Beyond The Streets exhibition at the world famous Saatchi gallery in London. The work shared space in the gallery with the likes of Obey / Shepard Fairey, ZEPHYR and Beastie Boys.
Exmaples of Paint Brush Work
Below are some exmaples of brush work achieved by the robot. Algorithms have been developed to interpret existing work and plan paint stroke trajectories to achieve a human like application.