{"id":50038,"date":"2025-09-26T07:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/?p=50038"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:01:51","slug":"drozbot-ai-powered-portraits-at-the-foire-du-valais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/news\/drozbot-ai-powered-portraits-at-the-foire-du-valais\/","title":{"rendered":"drozBot: AI-Powered Portraits at the Foire du Valais"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiap.ch\/en\/front_page?set_language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idiap Research Institute<\/a> will display a one-of-a-kind experience at the <em>Foire du Valais <\/em>in Martigny, Switzerland: drozBot, a portraitist robot piloted by artificial intelligence (AI).<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>From September 26 to October 5, visitors of the <em>Foire du Valais<\/em> and the Innoth\u00e8que area are invited to experience a fusion of art and technology. Developed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiap.ch\/en\/front_page?set_language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idiap<\/a>, which has been based in Martigny for more than 30 years, drozBot is a robotic arm that transforms photographs into brush-drawn portraits in under ten minutes \u2014 each rendered in its own distinctive artistic style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI is now integrated into numerous research fields that Idiap actively explores, from speech recognition to assistive robotics. It&#8217;s also making a growing impact on the creative world, not just by streamlining production, but also by enabling entirely new forms of artistic expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the fair, visitors can have their portrait taken by the robot and find their portrait on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiap.ch\/paper\/drozbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside this interactive experience, visitors will also be able to meet Idiap\u2019s researchers and collaborators and discover the Institute\u2019s latest advances in AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Idiap Research Institute, located in Martigny, Switzerland, is a Swiss and world leader in artificial intelligence since 1991. With almost 200 employees, the Institute is specialized in several fields of AI, organized into four research programs: Human-AI Teaming, Resilient &amp; Sustainable Societies, AI for Life &amp; AI for All. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its cutting-edge research, Idiap actively participates in local, national, and international projects, fosters collaborations with companies, and drives continuous innovation in the field. Since 2022, the Innoth\u00e8que space has been a major showcase for innovation at the <em>Foire du Valais<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was born from a collaboration between the <em>Foire du Valais<\/em> and CimArk SA. This 1,000 m\u00b2 space showcases new technologies and innovative ideas from Valais and French-speaking Switzerland. Attracting roughly 230,000 visitors, the Innoth\u00e8que features demonstrations and conferences focused on innovation and includes a dedicated co-working space.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the Idiap Research Institute will display a one-of-a-kind experience at the Foire du Valais in Martigny, Switzerland: drozBot, a portraitist robot piloted by artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":50032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-economy","category-digitalisation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50038"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50066,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038\/revisions\/50066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theark.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}