Arg.os

A Midjourney visual exploration of robotic dogs. A sort of dystopian experiment, at the intersection of product design and animal style. Argos was the loyal dog of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey.”

Arg.os

Ai DOG Exploration

001 — Robot dog experiment / Portrait

001 — Robot dog experiment

002 — Robot dog experiment

003 — Robot dog experiment

004 — Robot dog experiment

004 — Robot dog experiment / Portrait 2

This is a personal aesthetic research project, exploring and having fun with the intersection of new robotic creatures like the Boston Dynamics dog and the influence of the New Aesthetics movement on product design, here half-way in between a F117, a Tachikoma and a Jehuti.

My experiment proposes to carefully balance naturalistic dog features with clear robotic elements to create robotic dogs that are visually appealing and somehow emotionally engaging but without triggering the uncanny valley effect. A phenomenon where robots or animated figures that appear almost lifelike can cause discomfort or eeriness in viewers.