A ROBOT artist developed by Oxford researchers has created a portrait of the Queen ahead of the Platinum Jubilee.

The painting, which is called Algorithm Queen, was painted by Ai-Da Robot - an artificial intelligence robot built in 2019 that creates drawings, painting, and sculptures with the help of its robotic arm.

The Ai-Da Robot was devised in Oxford by Aidan Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art, before being built in Cornwall by Engineered Arts and programmed internationally.

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Its capabilities were developed by PhD students and professors at the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham.

Blessed with the ability to speak thanks to a ‘specially-devised language model’, the Ai-Da Robot had a special message for the Queen.

It said: "I'd like to thank Her Majesty the Queen for her dedication, and for the service she gives to so many people.

"She is an outstanding, courageous woman who is utterly committed to public service.

"I think she's an amazing human being, and I wish The Queen a very happy Platinum Jubilee."

Named after 18th century mathematician and scientist Ada Lovelace, the Ai-Da Robot ‘paints’ using cameras in its eyes. It uses a variety of unique algorithms to paint, draw and abstract images.

A robotic arm lets it turn its digital formations into physical drawings and paintings.

Its painting of Elizabeth II, Algorithm Queen, was layered and scaled to produce the final multi-dimensional portrait of the monarch.

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The machine's artistic process was designed to reflect the different aspects of technological change that have taken place during the Queen's 70-year reign.

The robot’s creator, Oxford’s Aidan Meller said: "Thank you to the Queen for her 70 years of service. We are excited Ai-Da Robot has made history just in time for the Queen's Jubilee.

"The Queen has been a stable and strong leader in a period of extraordinary change and development in history. We are in unprecedented technological times, and so we are pleased we can take a moment to think about all that has changed during the Queen's life.

"Algorithm Queen by Ai-Da Robot gives us a marker of how far things have come in her life, and a great way to acknowledge her faithful service."

Algorithm Queen will be exhibited publicly in London later this year and was revealed on the Ai-Da Robot website this weekend.

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This story was written by Tom Seaward. He joined the team in 2021 as Oxfordshire's court and crime reporter.  

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