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Main Authors: Cocchella, Francesca, Choudhury, Nilay Roy, Chen, Eric, Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07063
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author Cocchella, Francesca
Choudhury, Nilay Roy
Chen, Eric
Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia
author_facet Cocchella, Francesca
Choudhury, Nilay Roy
Chen, Eric
Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia
contents As robotic technologies evolve, their potential in artistic creation becomes an increasingly relevant topic of inquiry. This study explores how professional abstract artists perceive and experience co-creative interactions with an autonomous painting robotic arm. Eight artists engaged in six painting sessions -- three with a human partner, followed by three with the robot -- and subsequently participated in semi-structured interviews analyzed through reflexive thematic analysis. Human-human interactions were described as intuitive, dialogic, and emotionally engaging, whereas human-robot sessions felt more playful and reflective, offering greater autonomy and prompting for novel strategies to overcome the system's limitations. This work offers one of the first empirical investigations into artists' lived experiences with a robot, highlighting the value of long-term engagement and a multidisciplinary approach to human-robot co-creation.
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spellingShingle Artists' Views on Robotics Involvement in Painting Productions
Cocchella, Francesca
Choudhury, Nilay Roy
Chen, Eric
Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia
Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
As robotic technologies evolve, their potential in artistic creation becomes an increasingly relevant topic of inquiry. This study explores how professional abstract artists perceive and experience co-creative interactions with an autonomous painting robotic arm. Eight artists engaged in six painting sessions -- three with a human partner, followed by three with the robot -- and subsequently participated in semi-structured interviews analyzed through reflexive thematic analysis. Human-human interactions were described as intuitive, dialogic, and emotionally engaging, whereas human-robot sessions felt more playful and reflective, offering greater autonomy and prompting for novel strategies to overcome the system's limitations. This work offers one of the first empirical investigations into artists' lived experiences with a robot, highlighting the value of long-term engagement and a multidisciplinary approach to human-robot co-creation.
title Artists' Views on Robotics Involvement in Painting Productions
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07063