The Chinese painting style called Xieyi literally means "writing ideas," and marries the freehand techniques of calligraphy, line drawing and shading. Artists often use traditional Xuan rice paper along with organic brushes and ink, and the impressionistic style is designed not to be realistic, but rather capture the spirit of the subject. It would seem odd, then, to let a machine interpret such a human-oriented artistic style. But that's exactly what Hong Kong artist Victor Wong has done with a painting robot called A.I. Gemini (via Wallpaper). As a Xieyi artist with a background in physics, electrical engineering and VFX effects for cinema, Wong spent three years programming the industrial-style robot to paint in the Xieyi style.