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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Listen to the ‘Acting Like A Robot’ Podcast

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Magnetic Movements

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Pak me op, schop me weg!

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PhD Defense: Irene Alcubilla Troughton “Moving Together: A Performings Arts Approach to Human-Robot Interaction Design”

We are delighted to invite you to attend the PhD defense of Irene Alcubilla Troughton. She will defend her dissertation “Moving Together: A Performings ...

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