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Robohood Inc, an art and tech start-up specialising in artificial intelligence and robotics, says it has created the world’s first AI-robotic technology that enables users to create physical paintings from an idea to canvas without human involvement.

The technology uses stable diffusion, a deep-learning, text-to-image model primarily used to generate detailed images guided by a text prompt. And Robohood combined this novel neural network with its software that renders and brush-paints them with robotic manipulators.

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Image credit: Robohood

The system, called the Robotic Art Studio, uses a variety of painting techniques by calculating each brush stroke and delicately mixing colours straight on to various surfaces. The results are “fine art pieces that possess a unique and cohesive style”.

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