Miyazaki is less than impressed. To him, the imagery is a repugnant, dehumanizing attempt at art—declaring that it constitutes "an insult to life itself." Elaborating on his revulsion ...

Perhaps most strikingly, the bot can change course as it paints to mimic the iterative nature of making art. Frida, the artistic robot, blurs the boundaries between machines and creativity.

Imagine you are at the movies and you see a Roomba-like robot climbing a wall or clinging ... “It’s either some obscure fluid effect or black magic.” You can watch a video about the bots ...