Greensboro has a new resident: a giant robot and its winged companion. It’s the latest public artwork to be unveiled in the Gate City.
The playful stainless steel sculpture “May-Bee and the Bot (In the Uncanny Valley)” is 28 feet tall, and glistens in the sun. Bot is kneeling, waving to passersby along the Downtown Greenway at West Market Street.
Its eyes stare up to the top of its head where a large honey bee sits with outstretched wings. Visitors can turn a hand crank on Bot’s leg and make the bee’s wings flutter.
It’s the brainchild of Portland-based artist and engineer Pete Beeman, who completed the installation over the weekend…