Robotlab

The installation 'bios [bible]' consists of an industrial robot, which writes down the bible on rolls of paper. The machine draws the calligraphic lines with high precision. Like a monk in the scriptorium it creates step by step the text.

Starting with the old testament and the books of Moses bios [bible] produces within seven month continuously the whole book. All 66 books of the bible are written on rolls and then retained and presented in the library of the installation.

http://www.robotlab.de/bios/bible_engl.htm

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robot
• calligraphy
• robotlab

[Inspiracionconerik]

El robot KR16, de fabricación alemana y probado en Sevilla, concluyó hoy tras nueve meses de trabajo ante la catedral de Tréveris, en el oeste de Alemania, la ardua tarea de transcribir la Biblia a pluma.

[RorroBonzo]

Me imagino algún chileno hubiese ido a ver la maqinita... y fijo hubiese cooperao

[epit0me]

this is crazy - look at how beautiful the letters are

[MadBadger]

The finest human invention was the printed word. This is that x1,000,000

[skyhacker6]

@Brussells44

That's not the point of the video ! The point is of course to show what a such technologie can do and who accuracy it is. Of course instead of that everybody will use their printer or just do it by hand if he is interested by calligraphy.

[Brussells44]

This is an atrocity and a shame for calligraphy, but I am also a calligrapher. The point of calligraphy is for a beautiful letterform to be produced by hand, through effort, not to have it completely perfect by a computer. Plus, if you have a computer generated script that you want to put down on pa per, why not take it to a printer? Does it make them feel like they are being traditional by having a fake arm do it? It's a waste of millions of dollars. To tell you the truth, Gutenberg may have b

[ilactore]

True and I also wonder what Gutenberg would say?

[shortattentionspan1]

........ The original monks who made copies of the bible would be sooo amazed by this!