Like all great performers, the stars of ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show know how to work a crowd. The 5-foot-tall "ShivaBot" commands your attention by drumming in response to your movements, and the robopet "Tribblation" chirps, vibrates, and lights up like a deranged Christmas ornament when you play with it. "Meart: The Semiliving Artist" draws on brain power: Live rat neurons direct the mechanical arm to sketch colorful illustrations based on the cells' response to goings-on in the gallery. Not all 23 bots on display July 12 and 13 at New York's Eyebeam Gallery need a muse. Partners "micro.adam and micro.eva" (eva shown at left) are far too busy learning to spin to notice you. Creative types can be so aloof.
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Soldiers of Fortune
Heart and Soul in the Machine
What's on Your iPod?
Call Upgrading
Keiboard Gets the Thumbs Up
The Microsoft IQ Test
Ultimate Truth
Sick Bastard
Time Warp
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bot
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Needle in a Hard Drive
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