Research->Media Art->Media Art and robots->Relevancy to Media Art
There're many things to know about sensor and robot technologies related to Media Art works. For example, "Singing Robot" of Maywa Denki is not just a robot but Media Art work itself. Studies Media Art and robots.
Component of robots
Concerning about robots, we can see 2 impotant components, a sensor to acknowledge situation, and a motor to move around. On human-shaped robots, they have sensors which are cameras working just like eyes and jayrocenter to stand straight, also they have touch sensors. They move joints using motors called actuator. There're various actuators.
Robots and Media Art
Media Art works are required to be interactive. For example, they make sounds and move something on reacting to people's action. In this case, they use sensors and actuators, so it's similar to robots' field.

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