We present INDRA, an Interactive Deep-Dreaming Robotic Artist, designed to assist in real-time, embodied collaboration on a traditional painting canvas. INDRA enhances fine art creation by dynamically adapting to users’ needs, offering support throughout the artistic process. Visually represented as a cybernetic avatar of a mechanical Maneki-neko, the Japanese beckoning cat, INDRA serves as a creative AI companion that paints alongside artists. Its mission is to improve artist-friendly perception of AI among creatives, blending technology with traditional arts to inspire innovation. INDRA integrates robotic painting with advanced AI processes, including speech recognition, computer vision, and generative image synthesis to facilitate co-creation. INDRA differs from existing AI art generators and art robots in its turn-based framework, where user and robot actively share the same canvas.
Marina Nakagawa, Kinga Skiers, Sohei Wakisaka, Kouta Minamizawa