The copy of one of the Parthenon marbles was made by ROBOTOR
A life-size copy of one of the Parthenon's marbles, the head of Selene's horse, was made by ROBOTOR's ROBOT-ONE. It's currently at the British Museum in London and was made to show how exact replicas of classic works can solve cultural disputes like the one between Greece and England.
ROBOTOR was created by two partners with experience in marble work. They started TORART in Carrara in 2004, using ROBOTOR's robots for digital archaeology and preserving heritage, as well as for famous artists, designers, and architects.
Thanks to ROBOTOR's technology and TORART's skills, the dispute over the Parthenon's sculptures and reliefs, taken to England in the early 1800s, could be settled. Greece wants the works back but the British Museum says they were legally acquired. The problem could be solved with robotic work. This is the dream of Roger Michel, the head of the Institute of Digital Archaeology at Oxford University. ROBOTOR and TORART have worked with him before, creating a copy of the Arch of Palmyra destroyed by ISIS and now, working on copying the Parthenon's marbles.
ROBOT-ONE, ROBOTOR's robot "made by sculptors for sculpture", is the most advanced option for automating production. Using OR-OS, ROBOTOR's self-programming software, it's possible to create perfect replicas of the original just by using a 3D model. The copies can be made quickly because ROBOTOR's robots work non-stop.
While the dispute between Greece and England is still going on, the horse's head will be on display to show that a solution is possible and it would make the works more accessible to the public.
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