Daniel Paluska

Daniel Paluska is an American artist and roboticist known for his computer art installations and collaborations. Paluska is originally from Michigan,{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}. He received both his BS and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT where he worked on perfecting the movement of robotic legs.{{Cite news| edition = Final| last = Fackelmann| first = Kathleen| title = Dino robot has leg up, or two| work = USA Today| date = 2001-08-20}} His work on walking robotics was featured in a cover article of Wired Magazine in September, 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/m2.html|title=Wired 8.09: The Next Step}}{{Cite web| title=WIRED cover | url=http://yobotics.com/wired_cover.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010606023159/http://www.yobotics.com:80/wired_cover.jpg | archive-date=2001-06-06}} Paluska is currently the VP of robotics at Pickle Robot, a startup he co-founded in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://theorg.com/org/pickle-robot/org-chart/dan-paluska|title=Dan Paluska - Co-Founder & VP, Robotics at Pickle Robot|website=THE ORG}}

With Jeff Lieberman, Paluska created the Absolut Quartet, an interactive music-making machine commissioned by Absolut Vodka.{{Cite episode| publisher = National Public Radio (NPR)| credits = Rachel Martin (Director), Alison Steward (Director)| title = The Sounds of a New Machine| series = The Bryan Park Project| date = 2008-03-12}}{{Cite news| pages = 4| last = Carter| first = Stewart| title = Absolute great balls of music| work = The Age| location = Melbourne, Australia| date = 2008-03-25}} He also collaborated with Amorphic Robotics in 2006 to create the ToteMobile,{{Cite web |url=http://amorphicrobotworks.org/works/ttm/index.htm |title=Amorphic Robot Works: Totemobile Project |access-date=2012-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021034949/http://amorphicrobotworks.org/works/ttm/index.htm |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead }} a transformational sculpture inspired and commissioned by Citroen. Paluska is the proprietor of Brooklyn Mobile,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWHc2u5cX_k|title=Brooklyn Mobile - the Internet Video Cart|date=September 1, 2010|via=YouTube}} a mobile internet videotelephony booth.{{Cite web |last = Martin | first = Hannah | url=http://digboston.com/experience/2011/08/phantasma-dan-paluska/ |title = Phantasma: Dan Paluska | website = DigBoston |access-date=2011-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013120705/http://digboston.com/experience/2011/08/phantasma-dan-paluska/ |archive-date=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead }}