Knowbotic Research is a German company established in 1991. They experiment with technology, information and knowledge, interface, immersive virtual reality, and networked agency.
Knowbotic is a term that combined “knowledge” with "robot" meaning intellectual agent on the Internet. Knowbotic has developed some projects themed on an information environment and a computer interface. Since 1998, it has become more flexible, and with these main three of them, different members from various fields such as art, science, and philosophy, have joined in each program. In 1997, it worked with Japanese art group, Canon Art Lab, in Tokyo. This project aimed at revealing the function of the city by interacting between real and the virtual world.
The Knowbotic Research group received some awards such as:
- Two Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nicas (in 1994 and 1998)
- The Claasen Prize for Media Art and Photography, Cologne
- The international ZKM Media-art award
- The August Seeling-Award of Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
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