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The Robot Sculptors of Italy

The Robot Sculptors of Italy

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·July 10, 2025

satvikpendem

There are lots of videos online of this, pretty cool to see, and also lots of artists apparently complaining why they don't use humans, not understanding that every piece is hand finished, so they are hiring more artists than ever before.

Also, the article is talking about Sai Baba but the images are of Sathya Sai Baba, they are two different people who lived a century apart.

ludicrousdispla

This opens up a lot more possibilities for artists than it takes away.

ljlolel

They have fewer sculptors than ever it says

beeflet

until they invent an automatic finishing machine...

gerikson

Heh! I recognized the robots as being originally made by Kuka, because those were the ones used at my last job.

leoc

James Watt of steam-engine fame was one of the first people to try to mechanically reproduce statues: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/sj.20...

aaron695

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