For the First Time in Tomsk the Party of Robo-Art with Participation of Bioloid Robots was carried out

26.03.2014

For the first time the Party of Robo-Art was carried out on the basis of the Information Center of atomic power in Tomsk. Within its framework, the Bioloid Robots showed a performance “Adventures of Buratino”.

“We had an idea to collect people who are interested in robots and up-to-date technologies on one area and slightly touch the world of art”, - told Raisa Bogachiova, the head of the project “Robo-Techno-Art” and Director of LLC”Tomsk Robots”.

The Festival for Tomsk schoolchildren who are interested in robotics technologies was carried out on the joint of several kinds of art – on the International Poetry Day and International Jigger Day. This evening robots danced Russian folk dance, recited poetry, detected digits, communicated with children in the Tomsk Center of atomic power. The robots of foreign manufacturing but programmed by students from Tomsk were taken for the basis. Probably, Tomsk had not seen Malvina and performers with such an extraordinary outlook before. The traditional suits were made for the robots that stressed the “innovation” look of the artists. The performance with classic plot based on the old cartoon has been continued for five minutes but it was repeated for several times in a row. It aroused extraordinary interest among little show-goers who then went to the “technical” master-classes to create “plasticine” cartoons, to learn drawing with 3D pen and create pictures from special beads in “Pixel – Art” style.

Sergei Shliypin, the Director of the Information Center of atomic power declared that in the Party of Robo-Atr the schoolchildren who study in different educational institutions both main and additional education which has robotechnic clubs, took part in the party. These are such institutions as physicotechnical lyceum, Academic lyceum, Regional Palace of children and youth art, “Fakel”, (torch in English) “Sozvezdie” (Constellation in English). There are also such clubs and additional courses in Tomsk Universities such as Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk State University of controlling systems and radioelectronics. The organizers of the party were: Atomic Center, House of childhood and youth “Fakel” and enthusiasts team of the project “Robo-Thechno-Art” and LLC ”Tomsk Robots”.

“We would like to attract many children in order they could play with robots and possibly afterwards they could deal with robotechnics. Today hundreds of children deal with robotechnics in Tomsk. This movement gains momentum. Sometimes parents buy robots for their children and help to become familiar with them. Then they try to put them to some club”, - told Raisa Bogachiova.

According to her, the idea to give performance with robots itself is not new, but the Tomsk natives have demonstrated new approaches.

“Actually it is an ancient tradition, since the ancient world, when there were some kinds of guided dolls. Our new word is a choosing of plots and the event in such format itself. Earlier I have not heard about such Robo-Events like these. As a rule, the competitions or fairs with robotechnics are carried out in Russia. We make a combination with master classes and concert”, - she said.

The Robo Party will be continued: in the nearest time the cartoons which in literal sense were created by Tomsk schoolchildren on this master class will appear on the Internet.

“Children create the cartoons with their own hands, they modeling characters and shoot them by themselves. In theory, a lot of time should be spent for creation a true cartoon up to several months or even years. But we have improvisation here. So, I don’t know, what quality will be but it should be something very funny with lots of characters, because each child tried to create its own character”, - said Raisa Bogachiova.

You could see the cartoons of young fans of robotechnics in “VKontakte” in the group “Robo-Techno-Art based on the Pushkin’s Poem “Lukomorie” (inlet of the sea)

Raisa Bogachiova also told about another idea which the participants of the project are working at based on the Pushkin’s Poem “Lukomorie” (inlet of the sea). Inspired by this work it will be created Robooak and Robocat.

This year in the framework of our project I decided to gather people, a special cross-disciplinary staff: biologists, philologists, journalist and technical specialists. Together we started creation of the project “Green oak, learned cat”.  Still only the first prototype model the frightful and severe, is ready. But we will perfect it”, - let in on the plans the author of the project, on which the students of different Tomsk Universities work together with Raisa Bogachiova, the PG student of the informatics faculty of the Tomsk State University.

The young audience and participants of the first Robo Party and Robo performance were very delighted. According to them, there was only one disadvantage – the building of the Atomic Center hardly contained anybody who wants to. It turned out that the interest to the works of Tomsk schoolchildren is much higher than the organizers thought.

Source: NIA-Tomsk
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