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Ken Goldberg is one of the pioneers of telematic works, and "Ouija 2000" is not only a playful stab at the idea of global mind through the nostalgia of a Ouija board, it introduces important elements of real-time collaboration. "Ouija 2000"

The installation included a custom-designed robotic painting machine, large hand-painted images, and several images painted with the robot. All images were from events surrounding the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct between 1906-13.

Throughout the 5-day show, the robot arm drew world maps taken from the time of Columbus up through World War II. The title refers to the 1493 proclamation by Pope Alexander VI that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.

Designed to annoy, reminiscent of a legless beggar, Stupid Robot shakes a can of metal parts noisily when approached.

The Eighth Day -- The Eighth Day is a transgenic artwork that investigates the new ecology of fluorescent creatures that is evolving worldwide. The Eighth Day was shown from October 25 to November 2, 2001 at the Institute for Studies in the Arts,

The work “Rara Avis” (1996) of Eduardo Kac consists of a large cage, in which thirty real birds (zebra finches) and a telerobot, which looks like a rare bird, take place. In the macaw’s eyes are installed two cameras with Charge-Coupled Devices

Eduardo Kac pioneered telepresence art in 1986, when he created his first wireless robot, a remote-controlled anthropomorphic figure through which human participants could engage in conversation. In 1989 Kac developed with Ed Bennett the telerobot

I first conceived the Telepresence Garment in 1995 to investigate the notion of the mediascape as an expanded cloth; i.e., to consider wireless networking as a new fabric that envelops the body. The Garment, which I finished in 1996, gives

A metal ring with 3-meter diameter is placed on the floor, and thirty to forty 20cm long insect like robots are moving in there. The robots start moving when activated as the solar sensors on their backs detect larger quantity of light. The robots

Is a computer-driven slide installation with a soundtrack. The images are projected onto a wall and onto net hung in a ladder . The net creates hologram-like three-dimensional effects. Computerized dissolve equipment produces sequences of images