A robot artist has created an eerie new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.
Entitled ‘Algorithm Queen’, the portrait was painted by Ai-Da, the humanoid robot artist created by gallery director Aidan Meller in 2019.
Ai-Da uses cameras in her eyes and computer algorithms to process human features, and transform what she ‘sees’ into co-ordinates.
She then uses these coordinates to calculate a virtual path for her robotic arm, as it draws and paints onto canvas to create pieces of art.
This is the first time in history a humanoid robot has painted a member of the Royal Family.
‘I’d like to thank Her Majesty the Queen for her dedication, and for the service she gives to so many people,’ said Ai-Da, who is also able to converse using a specially designed AI language model.
‘She is an outstanding, courageous woman who is utterly committed to public service.
‘I think she’s an amazing human being, and I wish The Queen a very happy Platinum Jubilee.’
Entitled ‘Algorithm Queen’, the portrait was painted by ‘Ai-Da’, the humanoid robot artist created by gallery director Aidan Meller in 2019 (pictured)
It is the first time in history a humanoid robot has painted a member of the Royal Family
At the time of the Queen’s coronation in 1953, the first circuit board computers had only just been invented – a design which remained mainstream until the 1960s.
Over her seventy-year reign, the Queen has witnessed an burst of innovation in computer technology in the UK, including the birth of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
‘We are excited Ai-Da Robot has made history just in time for the Queen’s Jubilee,’ said creator and project director Aidan Meller.
‘The Queen has been a stable and strong leader in a period of extraordinary change and development in history.
‘We are in unprecedented technological times, and so we are pleased we can take a moment to think about all that has changed during the Queen’s life.
‘”Algorithm Queen” by Ai-Da Robot gives us a marker of how far things have come in her life, and a great way to acknowledge her faithful service.’
‘Algorithm Queen’ will be exhibited publicly in London later this year, and will be revealed on the Ai-Da Robot artist website at 10am on Friday, May 27.
Ai-Da – named after the 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace – is the world’s first ultra-realistic robot capable of drawing people from life, according to her creators.
Last year, she exhibited a series of ‘self portraits’ at The Design Museum London, which she created by ‘looking’ into a mirror with her camera eyes.
Over her seventy-year reign, the Queen has witnessed an burst of innovation in computer technology in the UK, including the birth of machine learning and artificial intelligence
Last year, Ai-Da humanoid robot exhibited a series of ‘self portraits’ she created by ‘looking’ into a mirror with her camera eyes
AI processes and algorithms transform what she sees into co-ordinates. The robotic hand used by Ai-Da – which was developed by engineers in Leeds – then calculates a virtual path, interpreting co-ordinates to create a piece of art (pictured)
She has also had a solo show at 59th International Art Exhibition, entitled ‘Leaping into the Metaverse’, and participated in Forever is Now 2021, the first major contemporary art exhibition at the great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
‘The greatest artists in history grappled with their period of time, and both celebrated and questioned society’s shifts,’ said Meller.
‘Ai-Da Robot as technology, is the perfect artist today to discuss the current obsession with technology and its unfolding legacy.
‘Is the so called “progress” in technology something we really want, and if so, how should it manifest?’
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