Artificial intelligence and robotics are turning many industries upside down, including fine arts.

An AI machine has already painted a canvas borrowing from historical artwork, which sold in October 2018 for $432,500.

A new robot called Ai-Da—named for British mathematician and inventor of computer algorithms Ada Lovelace—will do something much harder. The device will be able to draw, according to Reuters.

Ai-Da’s first exhibit is scheduled for May at the University of Oxford and will go on display in November at a gallery.

Cornwall-based Engineered Arts is building the device with the help of British gallery owner Aidan Meller.

“She’s going to actually be drawing and we’re hoping to then build technology for her to paint,” Meller told Reuters.

“There’s AI running in the computer vision that allows the robot to track faces to recognize facial features and to mimic your expression,” Marcus Hold, a design and production engineer at Engineered Arts

The center of the unit is a human-shaped head. Two cameras are installed in the eyes, Ai-Da will be able to translate what it sees and reproduce features on paper. Goldsmiths, the AI division at the University of London, is designing the robot’s arm that will draw.

The head will be placed atop a humanoid body that Engineered Arts calls a RoboThespian. The unit is designed for human interaction, with a range of movements and simulated emotions. Such a RoboThespian has already been tested on stage in a play with four human actors.

人工智能和机器人技术正在颠覆许多行业，其中包括美术。

已经有一台人工智能机器通过借鉴前人的艺术创作生成了一幅油画，该画于2018年10月以43.25万美元的价格售出。

以英国数学家、计算机算法发明者埃达·洛夫莱斯命名的新机器人Ai-Da要干的事比这个还要难得多。据路透社报道，要让这个机器人会画画。

Ai-Da的首次展览定于今年5月在牛津大学举行，随后还将于11月在画廊展出。

总部位于康沃尔的Engineered Arts公司正在制造这台机器人，该公司还得到了英国画廊老板艾丹·梅勒的协助。

梅勒告诉路透社：“她要在展出时进行真正意义的画画，我们希望到时给她加上绘图的技术。”

“该机器人的计算机视觉中有人工智能系统，因此可以进行人脸追踪，识别你的面部特征，模仿你的表情。”Engineered Arts公司的设计制作工程师马库斯·霍尔德说。

它的中心部件是真人形状的头部。Ai-Da眼睛中装有两个摄像头，能够把它看到的内容特征重现在纸上。伦敦大学研究人工智能的部门戈德史密斯学院（Goldsmiths）正在设计机器人用来画画的手臂。

机器人的头部将安装于仿真身体的上方，Engineered Arts公司称之为机甲演员（RoboThespian）。这种机器人专为与人类互动设计，拥有一系列的动作和模拟情感。已经有一个机甲演员进行了舞台测试，与四名人类演员共同登场表演。（财富中文网）

译者：Agatha