In an attempt to preserve age-old culture of writing calligraphy, Japanese researchers have made a robot that can copy the strokes of a master calligrapher perfectly.
The actual robot is not especially complex. By using a motor, the robot records the pressure, movement, and angles when a human user writes them, and the robot is able to rewrite any given letter from memory.
The potential for this is pretty big. In the future, such a robot could be used to reproduce art and preserve it in data. Beyond just basic calligraphy, it could be used for virtually any kind of art.
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