2017 Robot Art Competition winners announced

A record number of teams submitted beautiful robot-created artwork for the second year of this 5-year worldwide competition. In total, there were 38 teams from 10 countries who submitted 200 different artworks! Winners were determined based on a combination of public voting (over 3000 people with a Facebook account), judges consisting of working artists, critics, and technologists, and by how well the team met the spirit of the competition--that is, to create something beautiful using a physical brush and robotics, and to share what they learned with others. Teams are encouraged to hang on to their artwork as there will be a physical exhibition of robotic-created artwork following next year's competition (Summer 2018). The goal is to test Andy Warhol's theory that "You know it's ART, when the check clears."