Daniel Paluska is an American artist and roboticist known for his computer art installations and collaborations. Paluska is originally from Michigan,[ citation needed]. He received both his BS and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT where he worked on perfecting the movement of robotic legs. [1] His work on walking robotics was featured in a cover article of Wired Magazine in September, 2000. [2] [3] Paluska is currently the VP of robotics at Pickle Robot, a startup he co-founded in 2018. [4]
With Jeff Lieberman, Paluska created the Absolut Quartet, an interactive music-making machine commissioned by Absolut Vodka. [5] [6] He also collaborated with Amorphic Robotics in 2006 to create the ToteMobile, [7] a transformational sculpture inspired and commissioned by Citroen. Paluska is the proprietor of Brooklyn Mobile, [8] a mobile internet videotelephony booth. [9]