Daniel Paluska

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Daniel Paluska is an American artist and roboticist known for his computer art installations and collaborations. Paluska is originally from Michigan,[ citation needed ]. He received both his BS and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT where he worked on perfecting the movement of robotic legs. [1] His work on walking robotics was featured in a cover article of Wired Magazine in September, 2000. [2] [3] Paluska is currently the VP of robotics at Pickle Robot, a startup he co-founded in 2018. [4]

With Jeff Lieberman, Paluska created the Absolut Quartet, an interactive music-making machine commissioned by Absolut Vodka. [5] [6] He also collaborated with Amorphic Robotics in 2006 to create the ToteMobile, [7] a transformational sculpture inspired and commissioned by Citroen. Paluska is the proprietor of Brooklyn Mobile, [8] a mobile internet videotelephony booth. [9]

References

  1. Fackelmann, Kathleen (2001-08-20). "Dino robot has leg up, or two". USA Today (Final ed.).
  2. "Wired 8.09: The Next Step".
  3. "WIRED cover". Archived from the original on 2001-06-06.
  4. "Dan Paluska - Co-Founder & VP, Robotics at Pickle Robot". THE ORG.
  5. Rachel Martin (Director), Alison Steward (Director) (2008-03-12). "The Sounds of a New Machine". The Bryan Park Project. National Public Radio (NPR).
  6. Carter, Stewart (2008-03-25). "Absolute great balls of music". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 4.
  7. "Amorphic Robot Works: Totemobile Project". Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  8. "Brooklyn Mobile - the Internet Video Cart". September 1, 2010 via YouTube.
  9. Martin, Hannah. "Phantasma: Dan Paluska". DigBoston. Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-10-06.