‘World’s most advanced’ humanoid robot attempts to draw a CAT
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Artists, your job is safe for now: The world’s most advanced humanoid robot is trying to draw a cat – but she certainly won’t win the Turner Prize any time soon!
- In a new video, humanoid robot Ameca is tasked with drawing a “cute-looking” cat
- Her drawing is quite simple, yet Ameca seems impressed by her work
Losing your job to a robot is something that many people are starting to fear.
But if you’re an artist, rest easy for now, if the latest robot demonstration is anything to go by.
In a new video, Ameca, described by its developers as “the most advanced” humanoid robot in the world, is tasked with drawing a “cute-looking” cat.
Her drawing is quite simple, yet Ameca seems impressed by her work.
Speaking to a researcher, she boldly said, “If you don’t like my art, you probably just don’t understand art.”
In a new video, Ameca, described by its developers as “the most advanced” humanoid robot in the world, is tasked with drawing a “cute-looking” cat
Her drawing is quite simple, yet Ameca seems impressed by her work. Speaking to a researcher, she boldly said, “If you don’t like my art, you probably just don’t understand art.”
Ameca is the brainchild of Cornwall-based startup Engineered Arts, which describes it as ‘the world’s most advanced robot’.
The robot is undoubtedly lifelike and can perform a range of facial expressions including winking, puckering the lips and pinching the nose – just like a real person.
In the latest video, posted on technical arts YouTube channel, Ameca is given a marker and a whiteboard and asked to draw a ‘cute looking’ cat.
As she begins to draw, Ameca explains why she thinks there’s “something special about cats.”
“They always seem to know exactly what we need,” she said.
“Whether it’s a hug when we’re feeling down or a playful scratch behind the ears when we need a pick-me-up, they’re always there for us.”
After about 30 seconds, Ameca declares her masterpiece is done, before asking the investigator, “How are you?”
When he calls it “rather vague,” Ameca is clearly offended and replies, “If you don’t like my art, you probably just don’t understand art.”
After about 30 seconds, Ameca declares her masterpiece is done, before asking the investigator, “How are you?”
Ameca uses a deep learning, text-to-image model called Stable Diffision to draw.
“I generate my drawing image through the open source neural network project Stable Diffusion,” she explained.
‘From there trajectories of the drawing are available and then I skeltonize the image and vectorize it.
‘Then I plan and carry out the process of drawing the image on my canvas.’
Although her cat is quite simple, many fans are delighted with her new drawing skills.
Responding to the comments on YouTube, one user wrote: ‘The way she draws the strokes is very refined, as if she gently lifts the marker after each stroke like a real artist. Super cool that little detail.’
Another added, “Better than any cat I’ve ever drawn.” This is really great stuff!’
And one quipped, “Even though drawing a cat is pretty bad, it’s fashionable to be a bad artist.”