Species series video documentation No.1

I create a series of autonomous robots as new species having birth, life and death in the urban environment. My creatures are not composed of organic compounds but they have own characteristics and behaviors as organisms have in the biological world. I investigate how these artificial life forms reclaim the cities as their habitats, use urban facilities for their purposes, and develop survival strategies to live in the man-made surroundings.

Metaphorically concerned these artificial agents as life forms, biological and zoological concepts merge into robotics through the creation process. Behaviors determine the structure of robots and their electronic systems. Various materials are selected to make robots and those are suitable for each robot’s life.

Exploration proceeds with the creation of robotic species: tracing the robot’s everyday life in various territories and tracking the ‘social landscapes’ of interspecific activities. Documentations and collected data contain the robotic species’ histories of emergence, adaptation, and evolution.