Body-in-White

(2015. 61" high, 49" long, 26" wide)
Sculpture in plaster of Paris.
The Pygmalian myth with an industrial twist.
by Stephen Antonson and Ken Goldberg

"Body-in-White" is a term from automobile manufacturing.
The now-classic "Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly (PUMA)" industrial robot arm was developed in the 1970's and used by General Motors and in research labs.
More history of the PUMA robot arm.
High Resolution Photos (12Mb .zip file)
Thanks to Richard Rinehart, Bridgette Mayer, Catharine Clark of the Catharine Clark Gallery.
Samek Art Museum
Stephen Antonson and Ken Goldberg.

Exhibition History:

2019: Acquired for Permanent Collection. Samek Art Museum. Bucknell, PA.
2018: Samek Art Museum Bucknell, PA.
2014: de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA during 100 Years of Robot Art and Science in the Bay Area
2014: Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA.