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Robots chisel out the future of sculpture as some artists embrace change and others push back

A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but others are embracing the change.

Robo is part of a fleet of robots shaking up the art world, carving with pinpoint precision, and in record time. We'd come to see Robotor's next project: a monumental block of marble about the size of a railway car—200,000 pounds of flawless Carrara stone. Barry X Ball: It also gives this incredibly beautiful effect, which to me, the first time I saw a robot-milled surface, looked exactly like the fluting you see in Egyptian drapery.

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