Candle Robot
2019
Malte Bartsch, Benjamin Maus
An industrial robot perpetually celebrates its birthday by putting small candles on cakes, lighting them
with a lighter and then blowing them out. On exhibit at Städtische Gallerie Wolfsburg as part Malte Bartsch’s solo exhibition Auto Modus 2.
More information and video coming soon.
Technology
End effector with two custom tools
Mechanism for lighting a cigarette lighter
Parallel gripper for candles
Tool controller that connects the tools to the robot's field-bus (EtherCat)
Credits
Artistic Concept by Malte Bartsch
Photographs by Siggi Schmidt