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Mosaics By Robot, Everyone

From: www.huffingtonpost.com By: Mallika Rao   Yesterday’s Wired profile tells the futuristic story of Artaic, a company hoping for “world mosaic domination,” by way of a robot that builds cheaper, faster mosaics than even factories in China and India. For anyone following the creep of robots into the so-called creative industries — music, architecture and now, apparently, mosaic work — the obvious question to follow is what a world cloaked in robot murals will look like. Puzzlingly, the story doesn’t go there. No clear images of these brave new creations accompany the article. As disgruntled readers are noting, the pictures are instead...

World’s Most Wired Mosaic Maker

From: www.wired.com By: Tim Maly The first thing you hear is the robot. The rhythmic beat of whirrs punctuated by brief silences reaches down the unmarked concrete halls of the Boston Design Center, letting you know you’re headed in the right direction. As you approach the entrance to Artaic’s offices, you pass by an open side door and the robot is right there — an industrial arm suspended off a steel frame, its tip zipping back and forth between a gridded sheet and rows of colored tiles. It grabs a piece and drops it on the grid, then grabs another and does the same and another and another. Whirr. Pick. Whirr. Drop. Whirr. Pick. Whirr. Drop. Eventually, Ted...

Man and the Machine

New England Home Magazine spotlights Artaic's mosaic making robot "Arty" - "Nimble as Fred Astaire, Arty is the size of a catering truck, a half-ton of metal and cutting-edge science; a robot that never gets tired, never makes mistakes and works ten times faster than the fastest human."

Home Is Where You Hang Out With Your Robot

Interior-Decorating Androids, Coming to a Living Room Near You

Science fiction robots tend to come from one of two production lines: helpful protocol droids like C-3PO or cyborg Terminators hell-bent on destroying humanity. Few sci-fi storytellers imagined a future where robots would be programmed to master the art of interior decorating. Fortunately for the design-challenged, present-day roboticists have.

HA+D Award For Product Innovation

Stacy Garcia and Artaic were awarded the 2011 HA+D Reader's Choice Award for product innovation in stone & tile flooring. The Award recognizes Stacy Garcia's beautifully designed mosaics fabricated with Artaic's unique technology.

Ancient Art Form Meets Modern Technology

AA Insider – Customer Spotlight

Via American Way Magazine Vacations can most certainly enrich our lives. But for some people, like Ted Acworth, traveling can lead to a lot more than just some cherished souvenirs and snapshots. While on a trip through Europe a few years back, Acworth became enamored with the ancient mosaics he saw at various Roman archaeological sites and museums — each of them painstakingly handcrafted out of thousands of small tiles. “I came to appreciate the versatility, beauty and endurance of the art form,” says Acworth. When he asked architects and interior designers whether they designed with mosaics, they said it proved to be too time-intensive and cost-prohibitive. A...

Small Businesses… Up for the Challenge?

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