Telefónica has participated in the creation of the first large-scale Cartesian robot to be used for digitizing images of a work of art. With this system, restorers will be able to act before deterioration takes place and work to preserve a piece of art more precisely.
This automated robot, which is nine meters long and more than three meters tall, is controlled by computer and was built especially for canvas. With it, one can scan the surface of a picture in order to obtain precise data without the need to touch the work or move it from its place.
The robot will carry out its first conservation study in Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum, on Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. It will provide millions of images of the artwork, in very high resolution with accuracy of 25 microns thanks to sensors and equipment that will digitalize the picture. To make these photographs, the robot will use visible light, multispectral infrared, ultraviolet light, spectral reflectography and 3D scanning.
Once the first phase is completed, the images will be digitally processed and content will be produced for study and publication in different formats. It will be possible, for example, to travel through the surface of the picture in 3D, or superimpose different layers of the digitalizations made, offering users an exhilarating journey inside the work.
The Telefónica Foundation and members of the Conversation-Restoration Department of the Reina Sofía Museum have worked on this project along with researchers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s Optics Department, which developed the software for the robot’s movement.
Revista de arte
Telefónica has participated in the creation of the first large-scale Cartesian robot to be used for digitizing images of a work of art. With this system, restorers will be able to act before deterioration takes place and work to preserve a piece of art more precisely.
This automated robot, which is nine meters long and more than three meters tall, is controlled by computer and was built especially for canvas. With it, one can scan the surface of a picture in order to obtain precise data without the need to touch the work or move it from its place.
The robot will carry out its first conservation study in Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum, on Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. It will provide millions of images of the artwork, in very high resolution with accuracy of 25 microns thanks to sensors and equipment that will digitalize the picture. To make these photographs, the robot will use visible light, multispectral infrared, ultraviolet light, spectral reflectography and 3D scanning.
Once the first phase is completed, the images will be digitally processed and content will be produced for study and publication in different formats. It will be possible, for example, to travel through the surface of the picture in 3D, or superimpose different layers of the digitalizations made, offering users an exhilarating journey inside the work.
The Telefónica Foundation and members of the Conversation-Restoration Department of the Reina Sofía Museum have worked on this project along with researchers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s Optics Department, which developed the software for the robot’s movement.
Revista de arte
Telefónica has participated in the creation of the first large-scale Cartesian robot to be used for digitizing images of a work of art. With this system, restorers will be able to act before deterioration takes place and work to preserve a piece of art more precisely.
This automated robot, which is nine meters long and more than three meters tall, is controlled by computer and was built especially for canvas. With it, one can scan the surface of a picture in order to obtain precise data without the need to touch the work or move it from its place.
The robot will carry out its first conservation study in Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum, on Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. It will provide millions of images of the artwork, in very high resolution with accuracy of 25 microns thanks to sensors and equipment that will digitalize the picture. To make these photographs, the robot will use visible light, multispectral infrared, ultraviolet light, spectral reflectography and 3D scanning.
Once the first phase is completed, the images will be digitally processed and content will be produced for study and publication in different formats. It will be possible, for example, to travel through the surface of the picture in 3D, or superimpose different layers of the digitalizations made, offering users an exhilarating journey inside the work.
The Telefónica Foundation and members of the Conversation-Restoration Department of the Reina Sofía Museum have worked on this project along with researchers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s Optics Department, which developed the software for the robot’s movement.
Revista de arte
