The Robot, the Marble, and Michelangelo
Can a robot sculpt a masterpiece?
In Carrara, Italy, ROBOTOR is using industrial KUKA robots, powerful milling spindles, and sophisticated software to carve enormous blocks of marble into forms of astonishing complexity. It looks futuristic—but the fundamental process is as ancient as sculpture itself.
Unlike 3D printing, nothing is added. Everything is taken away.
We explore how robotic stone carving actually works, why simply bolting a spindle onto a six-axis industrial robot doesn’t create a robotic sculptor, and why KUKA machines keep appearing in advanced sculpture and milling…
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