Performing Robots

Performing Robots investigates the intersection of theatre/dance/performance (theory and practice) and robotics. The development of social robots presents challenges to their developers that are not only technical but also involve what might be called the dramaturgy and design of the robot as social agent: how do social robots address their human co-performers and afford interaction with them, what scripts do they follow, how to design and choreograph their appearance and movements? How can the knowledge and expertise from theatre/dance/performance be used to analyze and optimize interaction between humans and robots?
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Four PhD positions in the new Dramaturgy for Devices project

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Center Stage Robotics: A Collaboration between Ulrike Quade Company, Creative Robotics, and Utrecht University.

Center Stage Robotics is a collaboration between Ulrike Quade Company, Creative Robotics (programmer Rick van Dugteren and visual artist Bram ...

In the Lab: Robot Research in the European Lab for Robotics in Art and Theatre (ELRAT)

A video documentary made by Chris Rijken about the ongoing research in the ELRAT Lab. ELRAT is an initiative of Bram Ellens, Rick van Dugteren ...

Announcement: Project “Dramaturgy for Devices”

Maaike Bleeker receives 2,1 million euros in funding for the project “Dramaturgy for Devices: Designing Sustained Relationships with ...

AI and the Arts (SPRING Festival Utrecht 2023) – Tom Watkins

** Link to event: UU & Academy: Open round table AI & the Arts (SPRING Academy and Utrecht University) This AI and the arts round ...

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