21st Century Art: The Marriage of Inspiration and Innovation

Abstract

The precision to capture and accurately realize an artist’s vision; the speed to produce and reproduce objects en masse with flawless consistency; the strength to lift, move and build with stone and brick, quickly and efficiently. On the frontiers of design and architecture, robots are empowering the creative human element to challenge the old “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration” adage, freeing up more space for creativity by taking over labor-intensive tasks — and performing them more quickly, accurately and flexibly than a human being ever could.