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Robo-scribe, the future of "hand made"
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Robo-scribe, the future of "hand made"

by Alexander Rose
Nov 13, 02007

  The German art group Robotlab has re-purposed an industrial robot to “hand” write a Martin Luther bible.  While in this instance there is not much feeling in the characters, one could easily imagine an algorithm that randomly introduces small errors to make it feel more hand made.  Wouldn’t it be great to be able to order “manuscripts” of your favorite books on demand?

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