As robotic technologies evolve, their potential in artistic creation becomes an increasingly relevant topic of inquiry. This study explores how professional abstract artists perceive and experience co-creative interactions with an autonomous painting robotic arm. Eight artists engaged in six painting sessions -- three with a human partner, followed by three with the robot -- and subsequently participated in semi-structured interviews analyzed through reflexive thematic analysis. Human-human interactions were described as intuitive, dialogic, and emotionally engaging, whereas human-robot sessions felt more playful and reflective, offering greater autonomy and prompting for novel strategies to overcome the system's limitations. This work offers one of the first empirical investigations into artists' lived experiences with a robot, highlighting the value of long-term engagement and a multidisciplinary approach to human-robot co-creation.

翻译：随着机器人技术的不断演进，其在艺术创作中的潜力逐渐成为一个愈发重要的研究课题。本研究探索了专业抽象艺术家如何感知并体验与自主绘画机械臂进行协同创作的过程。八位艺术家参与了六次绘画创作——其中三次与人类伙伴合作，随后三次与机器人合作——并随后参加了半结构化访谈，通过反思性主题分析法进行分析。人机互动被描述为直观、对话式且富有情感投入的，而人机协作创作则更显趣味性与反思性，赋予艺术家更大的自主权，并激发他们以新颖策略来克服系统的局限。本研究提供了首批针对艺术家与机器人实际互动体验的实证调查之一，突显了长期参与及多学科方法在人机协同创作中的价值。