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Biobot / Insider

Biobot In a body of the Biobot we can find live neurons, growing on a plate with electrodes. The electrodes conduct electrical signal, which we convert from analogue to digital, amplify and use for the manipulation of Biobot’s movement. At the same time, we are trying to engineer a live muscle in a lab as a part of the kinesthetic mechanism. In Biobot 1.1 & 1.2 we designed the mechanical part for the biobot in different shapes and with an information loop from the movement of a bot’s body, which can serve as information input for the neurons. We can now retrieve this information, modified by neurons, back to the technological body. In the next phase the combination of technological and biological will be intertwined: the 'artificial' moving mechanism will no longer be separated from the 'natural' tissue. Biobot envelops a concept of bringing not only new materials, but also new processes in artistic practices and from that emerges a new artistic language. It also uses scientific and technological development in a non-scientific way for the artistic composition of biological and technological body. Biobot is a small-scale living entity with its own intelligence and its own rights to exist as a life form. Credits: Artistic concept, construction of the mechanism, laboratory work: Zoran Srdić Janežič Biobot: Programming: Matic Potočnik Biosensing electronics: Erik Krkač Electronics, PCB design: Gregor Krpič Neural engineering: BioTehna Lab / Kristijan Tkalec Muscle engineering: Educell Lab / Ariana Barlič Production: Kersnikova Institute / BioTehna - Platform for Artistic Investigation of Living Systems; Institute for Arts Gulag Partner: Kambič Laboratory Equipment, d.o.o., Educell company for cellular biology, d.o.o. Support: Starts Residencies Project as the part of the STARTS (Science, Technology and the Arts) program, an initiative of the European Commission; Municipality of Ljubljana – Department of Culture