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Pompeii, an AI robot puts the "difficult" fragments of the finds back together

Finds and fragments of frescoes scattered and impossible for a human to "glue" together? Not for an artificial intelligence.

March 8 2023
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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The amazing city of Pompei, extraordinarily preserved "under ashes" for millennia, has not finished surprising us. Alongside intact finds, however, it is not uncommon to find fragments of other works: often very difficult to catalog or even put back together.

Now the archaeologists of Pompeii will be able to count on one more ally: a robot equipped with artificial intelligence. This innovative technology called RePAIR could revolutionize the longest and most frustrating phase of archaeological studies: the physical reconstruction of destroyed works of art.

Solve complex "puzzles" of history

The project, started in 2021 and funded in part by the European Union, it aims to assist archaeologists in the reconstruction of destroyed finds and artefacts, and is now bringing the first important results. RePAIR technology can examine the many pieces of an ancient Roman vase and determine how they fit together. Later, a pair of robotic arms would bring them together.

Finds
Some of the artifacts that RePAIR manages to put together again.
At work to reconstruct "impossible finds"

One of the first objectives of the project is the reconstruction of two frescoes from Pompeii dating back to about 2000 years ago: one in the Casa dei Pittori al Lavoro in the Insula degli Amanti Casti, the other in the Schola Armaturarum.

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Like many other artifacts unearthed during excavations of the Pompeii site, thousands of fresco fragments are preserved under layers of volcanic ash. Fragments practically impossible for a human being to reassemble, and for this reason they have been stuck for years in a warehouse outside Pompeii.

Reviving the finds in complete autonomy

If all goes to plan, the RePAIR robot will be able to handle the entire process on its own, from scanning to assembly. If necessary, it will also present intermediate results, to allow archaeologists to supervise the work.

"Always," says a co-founder of RePAIR (Ohad Ben-Shahar of Ben-Gurion University's Computer Science Department), "we've built machines to help us. Today, autonomous machines will be helped by people."

From the past, new frontiers for the museums and archaeological sites of the future.

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