Interactive Art+
HONORARY MENTION
Installation
The robot “NoodleFeet” is the physical manifestation of an illustrated character, built and “raised” by the kinetics and robotics artist Sarah Petkus – the “Mother of Machine”.
Petkus has been continuously developing her “offspring” further since 2015, teaching him more and more new skills. Image recognition software helps him to perceive and understand his surroundings. On the basis of machine learning, he can also learn how to make decisions. His trademark is four legs wrapped in swimming noodles that also serve as modules for tasting, grasping, and feeling.
Sarah Petkus sees herself as the mother of her creation, helping him along and continuing to develop him until he is able to “exist freely in the world.” With the project Mother of Machine, the artist wants to encourage inventors to regard their ideas as “children” they are rearing until they are able to “stand on their own two feet.”
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