RoboHub Research News: Prof. Gennaro Notomista turns music into paintings of light

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

People can collaborate with groups of wheeled robots to create art using an interactive system developed by researchers at Waterloo Engineering.

The robots trail coloured light as they move in response to a piece of music within a fixed area – which serves as the canvas – while a camera records them to produce a “painting,” or visual representation of its emotion.

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