Justin Baird

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Media & Content

Videos, talks, photo galleries, and press on AI, robotics, creative technology, and developer experience.

2026

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Robots Can Read Your Mind and Paint Your Thoughts

An episode of The Hardware Podcast on Tesseract MindFlow and using brain-computer interfaces to let people paint with their thoughts.

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Reachy Rap Battle at Google I/O Extended 2026

A live rap battle featuring the Reachy robot at Google I/O Extended 2026 in Singapore.

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Tesseract MindFlow

Tesseract MindFlow, the shared-autonomy, brain-controlled painting system that lets people with disabilities create art through non-invasive EEG signals.

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Painting With Your Mind, Live at AI Engineer Singapore

Justin Baird's segment at the AI Engineer World's Fair Singapore, demonstrating brain-controlled painting with artist Kai Ming. Starts at his talk.

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Codex Pianist (Short)

A short clip of the Codex Pianist robotic piano system in action.

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Codex Pianist

The Codex Pianist, an LLM-assisted robotic piano system controlling an Inspire robotic hand on a UF850 arm. Top 5 finalist at the OpenAI Codex Hackathon.

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Neuroflix, Google Gemini Hackathon

Neuroflix, a generative AI platform that turns enterprise knowledge into dynamic video learning experiences. Winner of the Google Gemini Hackathon Singapore.

2025

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Synthaesthetic Art, Live at Super AI 2025

The Synthaesthetic Portrait Robot in action at Super AI 2025 in Singapore, capturing portraits of attendees and painting them on canvas via a robotic arm. Viewed by more than 7,000 attendees.

Gallery

Tesseract at Super AI 2025

Scenes from the Synthaesthetic Art installation at Super AI 2025 in Singapore.

The Synthaesthetic Portrait Robot installation at Super AI 2025.
The Synthaesthetic Portrait Robot installation at Super AI 2025.
Robotic painting in progress on canvas.
Robotic painting in progress on canvas.
The ViolinBrush system translating live performance into brush strokes.
The ViolinBrush system translating live performance into brush strokes.
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Tesseract.art, Episode 2

Episode 2 of the Tesseract.art series on robotic painting and human-machine creativity.

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NeurIPS 2025: Synthaesthetic Art

Video accompanying the NeurIPS 2025 Creative AI Track paper, Synthaesthetic Art: Human-Machine Creative Collaboration.

2024

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NeurIPS 2024: Final Submission Film

The final submission film for the NeurIPS 2024 Creative AI Track paper on the real-time interactive painting robot for musicians.

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NeurIPS 2024: Redefining Artistic Boundaries

Video accompanying the NeurIPS 2024 Creative AI Track paper, Redefining Artistic Boundaries: A Real-Time Interactive Painting Robot for Musicians.

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Jodie and Justin

A conversation between Jodie and Justin Baird.

2023

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Tesseract Podcast: Mandala

A Tesseract session exploring mandala artwork created through the robotic painting system.

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Tesseract.art, Episode 1

Episode 1 of the Tesseract.art series, introducing the project that turns music and performance into robotic painting.

2019

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2040, Official Trailer

Trailer for 2040, Damon Gameau's documentary on regenerative climate solutions, including marine permaculture and blue carbon.

2018

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Sophia the Robot and Jimmy Fallon Sing "Say Something"

Justin Baird developed Sophia the Robot's AI singing voice for this duet with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show.

2017

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Underwater Street View and Chasing Coral

Underwater Street View, the patented technology developed at Google that brought the world's coral reefs to a billion people and featured in the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral.

Underwater Street View imagery of a coral reef (Google).
Underwater Street View imagery of a coral reef (Google).
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Chasing Coral (Full Feature)

The full Netflix documentary Chasing Coral, which features the Underwater Street View technology Justin Baird invented at Google.

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Accenture Interactive Orchestra: Charlie Chan performs Paradise

A performance from the Accenture Interactive Orchestra, the AI robot musician project, featuring composer Charlie Chan's piece Paradise.

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Charlie Chan on Artificial Intelligence and Music

Charlie Chan, artistic director of the Global Orchestra, discusses artificial intelligence and music alongside the Interactive Orchestra project.

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The Innovation and Technology Behind Accenture's Interactive Orchestra

Accenture's behind-the-scenes look at the Interactive Orchestra, the AI robot musician project performed with a live orchestra.

2013

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Keynote: Screen Shifting Innovation

Keynote at the Digital Media Summit on screen shifting and thought leadership, exploring how emerging technologies interact to benefit brands, agencies, and audiences.