Following its first full year of active service, an in-depth technological assessment was performed on GraffitiWriter. During this time several significant upgrades were made to GraffitiWriter including a full mechanical and electronic sub-system overhaul. With these improvements, GW now meets the requirements of strategic transportability, operating with extreme confidence in standard threat scenarios including public parks, federal buildings, and shopping malls. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. Rogue's Gallery is a social experiment testing the capacity of robotic technology to create public spectacles that transform public consciousness.
Participants use the robot to spraypaint personal messages on the ground.
IAA operatives act only as facilitators - both the message content and actual operation of GraffitiWriter is left in the hands of test subjects. This action transforms public space into critical sites for free speech and public discourse while simultaneously transforming ordinary citizens into petty criminals. Testing has been performed with a variety of participants including construction workers, homeless people, police officers, and girl scouts in four countries and seven cities. Test subjects have included males and females ranging in age from 5 to 74, and representing a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. To date, no participants have been arrested for involvement with this project.