Remote work for tattoo artists
February 16, 2022 10:07 AM Subscribe
Would you let a robot give you a tattoo? You might change your mind after you see what the prototype does to a tomato at 1:32. Cringeworthy for anyone with empathy and skin.
Prior art:
Appropriate Audiences' 3D tattoo printer on the Blue.
Their collaboration with Autodesk Pier 9.
Prior art:
Appropriate Audiences' 3D tattoo printer on the Blue.
Their collaboration with Autodesk Pier 9.
The first image of the woman getting the tattoo looked like a simm, I had to do a double take.
posted by boilermonster at 10:23 AM on February 16, 2022
posted by boilermonster at 10:23 AM on February 16, 2022
I used my ArtBot to give myself a temporary tattoo.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:26 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:26 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Your swelling music does not trick me. That is a fucking robot with a needle.
posted by heyitsgogi at 10:37 AM on February 16, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by heyitsgogi at 10:37 AM on February 16, 2022 [5 favorites]
100% thought this was going to be a trailer for a horror film
posted by thivaia at 10:39 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by thivaia at 10:39 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
I mean, telesurgery has been a thing for over 20 years, so...
posted by gwint at 10:39 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by gwint at 10:39 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
That is a fucking robot with a needle.
Nnnnnno, those look a little different.
posted by curious nu at 10:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [8 favorites]
Nnnnnno, those look a little different.
posted by curious nu at 10:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [8 favorites]
Aside from the breathless talk about how 5G enables this (lol it could be over wired internet), it seems intrinsically limited by the lack of feedback. The plastic arm is never going to have the exact same response as flesh, and some of the subtleties of a good tattoo won't be possible.
Though, a good artist with this tool is probably still better than a bad artist in-person. I know that artists do eventually retire due to repetitive strain injuries. Maybe this technology could be a solution for that?
posted by explosion at 10:57 AM on February 16, 2022
Though, a good artist with this tool is probably still better than a bad artist in-person. I know that artists do eventually retire due to repetitive strain injuries. Maybe this technology could be a solution for that?
posted by explosion at 10:57 AM on February 16, 2022
Robots who could clean toilets would be a lot more useful can we do them first thanks
posted by emjaybee at 10:58 AM on February 16, 2022 [29 favorites]
posted by emjaybee at 10:58 AM on February 16, 2022 [29 favorites]
I mean, telesurgery has been a thing for over 20 years, so...
It reminded me of the da Vinci Surgical System.
posted by scottatdrake at 11:12 AM on February 16, 2022
It reminded me of the da Vinci Surgical System.
posted by scottatdrake at 11:12 AM on February 16, 2022
Kinda misses the point by disconnecting the artist from their subject. And as has been said above, is hardly ground-breaking in any meaningful sense. Any worried tattooers can be assured there is nothing to see here...
posted by aeshnid at 11:20 AM on February 16, 2022
posted by aeshnid at 11:20 AM on February 16, 2022
Would you let a robot give you a tattoo?More likely than I'd let a human give me a tattoo. But, also, is there really a shortage of local tattoo artists? This is neat.
posted by eotvos at 11:27 AM on February 16, 2022
Wow, I have the first 5G tattoo! How cool is that? Now it's on my arm!
Sounds like a pretty cool memory though, just like that other time you got a little tattoo for reasons.
But yeah, she did seem a bit fake simulation for a moment there.
posted by zengargoyle at 11:39 AM on February 16, 2022
Sounds like a pretty cool memory though, just like that other time you got a little tattoo for reasons.
But yeah, she did seem a bit fake simulation for a moment there.
posted by zengargoyle at 11:39 AM on February 16, 2022
I wouldn't let a human give me a tattoo, let alone a robot. Murderbot would probably be OK though...
(Needle Phobic)
posted by Windopaene at 11:45 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
(Needle Phobic)
posted by Windopaene at 11:45 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
something something They did flash art on a grape!
posted by bartleby at 11:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by bartleby at 11:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Would you let a robot give you a tattoo?
Sure, what could go wrong?
posted by The Tensor at 11:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
Sure, what could go wrong?
posted by The Tensor at 11:50 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
No, but would definitely let a tomato give me a BLT.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:03 PM on February 16, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:03 PM on February 16, 2022 [4 favorites]
In Japan, the hand can be used like a knife. But this method doesn't work with a tomato.
posted by The Tensor at 1:04 PM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 1:04 PM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
You know those art toys, a frame containing a matrix of unpointed pins which conform to the shape of your hand or whatever?
How about that, but reversed and using tattoo needles. You pick out a pattern, ink them, and get someone to slap the back of it real hard with a dictionary?
Production-line stick n' poke.
posted by bartleby at 1:20 PM on February 16, 2022 [5 favorites]
How about that, but reversed and using tattoo needles. You pick out a pattern, ink them, and get someone to slap the back of it real hard with a dictionary?
Production-line stick n' poke.
posted by bartleby at 1:20 PM on February 16, 2022 [5 favorites]
Tensor, too Ginsu-soon.
posted by bartleby at 1:21 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by bartleby at 1:21 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
Would you let a robot give you a tattoo?
No, but I'd let a robot give me a tomato!
[Previously]
posted by evidenceofabsence at 1:25 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
No, but I'd let a robot give me a tomato!
[Previously]
posted by evidenceofabsence at 1:25 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
Tensor, too Ginsu-soon.
Gin-soon, surely...?
posted by The Tensor at 1:50 PM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Gin-soon, surely...?
posted by The Tensor at 1:50 PM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Several years ago, I had a vivid dream about this that I remember to this day.
I was walking past the entrance of a grocery store when I saw a robotic tattoo machine. It was by the Redbox and other vending machines. It looked like a photocopier with an LCD touchscreen and a robot arm. I figured why not, and swiped my credit card and selected a tattoo and a location on my body from the menus.
But the robotic tattoo arm started tattooing on my face. I slapped the big red Cancel button on the screen, worrying about what am I going to do about the half-a-face-tattoo I now had.
Then I woke up.
posted by AlSweigart at 2:12 PM on February 16, 2022 [4 favorites]
I was walking past the entrance of a grocery store when I saw a robotic tattoo machine. It was by the Redbox and other vending machines. It looked like a photocopier with an LCD touchscreen and a robot arm. I figured why not, and swiped my credit card and selected a tattoo and a location on my body from the menus.
But the robotic tattoo arm started tattooing on my face. I slapped the big red Cancel button on the screen, worrying about what am I going to do about the half-a-face-tattoo I now had.
Then I woke up.
posted by AlSweigart at 2:12 PM on February 16, 2022 [4 favorites]
Then I woke up.
This is like that, except it's real—a robot putting its stamp on human faces, forever.
posted by The Tensor at 2:50 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
This is like that, except it's real—a robot putting its stamp on human faces, forever.
posted by The Tensor at 2:50 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
I would maybe give a robot a tattoo.
posted by snofoam at 5:23 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by snofoam at 5:23 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
> "I would maybe give a robot a tattoo."
Robots don't get tattoos. They get sprays. Learn the terminology.
posted by kyrademon at 3:03 AM on February 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Robots don't get tattoos. They get sprays. Learn the terminology.
posted by kyrademon at 3:03 AM on February 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Tamatoo, surely
posted by kleinsteradikaleminderheit at 9:29 AM on February 17, 2022
posted by kleinsteradikaleminderheit at 9:29 AM on February 17, 2022
I would 100% get a tattoo from a robot. It wouldn’t replace an artist and their skills in person, but it would be a good novelty for a small piece. I’d be interested in the experience and the precision gap (especially in responding to ink depth right), either way.
Would you like to know more?
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 2:23 PM on February 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Would you like to know more?
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 2:23 PM on February 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
LOVE MOM
BUT NEED TUNGSTEN TO LIVE
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:31 AM on February 18, 2022
BUT NEED TUNGSTEN TO LIVE
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:31 AM on February 18, 2022
Oh! Oh! This is my first time doing this……
EPONYSTERICAL
posted by omegajuice at 10:18 AM on February 18, 2022
EPONYSTERICAL
posted by omegajuice at 10:18 AM on February 18, 2022
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No.
> "You might change your mind after you see what the prototype does to a tomato at 1:32."
Not ... really?
posted by kyrademon at 10:14 AM on February 16, 2022 [9 favorites]