Robot to carve stone apostles for Nijmegen
Jurgen Braun who restores statues has programmed a robot to carve the 12 apostles out of stone for the Latin school in Nijmegen, Gelderland, a national monument.
The apostles’ socles were eroding and the statues became dangerous, which is why they were taken down. The robot, that hails from Tienhoven, South Holland, can produce one apostle in a week by working 24 hours a day, something a human just can’t do.
Although the robot can do a lot itself, an artist has to intervene in order to complete the statues properly because robots aren’t perfect, explains Braun.
Have a look (in Dutch):
(Link: nos.nl, Photo of Nijmegen and the Waal river by Rein Ketelaars, some rights reserved)
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