Adelbrecht

Adelbrecht first version

Adelbrecht was a speaking, interactive robot in the form of a ball, designed by Martin Spanjaard (born 1952 in Haarlem, Netherlands).
A first, simple version of Adelbrecht was presented in 1985.
Starting 1988 a second, more powerful version was developed. In 1992 it got an honourable mentioning at the Prix Ars Electronica. Its last performance, during newyears eve of 2000, never happened because of a serious hardware failure. Since then Martin Spanjaard proclaimed Adelbrecht a 'dead robot'.

Adelbrecht opened

First design sketch

Etymology

The name "Adelbrecht" is a name consisting of two Middle Dutch words, Adel (noble) and Brecht (bright). A modern version of this name is Albert or Elbert.

See also

Robotic art

References

• Wilson, Stephen (2002). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. MIT Press. pp. 449–450. ISBN 0-262-73158-4. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sHuXQtYrNPYC&pg=PT475&dq=Adelbrecht+%2Brobot&num=100&sig=yzipokAC6MWmEYwBjFzPC0ha7eA#PPT474,M1. 
• Dunne, Anthony (2005). Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-04232-0. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CQBTAAAAMAAJ&q=Adelbrecht+%2Brobot&dq=Adelbrecht+%2Brobot&num=100&pgis=1. 

External links

• Article by Francisco van Jole in the Dutch magazine Blvd (1994)
• Article by Dirk van Weelden in Mediamatic
• Article about Atos Origin on the Dutch Wikipedia
• Ars Electronica Linz, Honorable mentioning (1992)