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I think it was Nervous too: Moving with Robots

The objective of the following work is the making of a human-robot experience, with a focus on the bodily connection to robots in a movement scenario. I propose an artistic exploration of the dynamic between humans and machines; to investigate bodily sensations in human-robot interactions. The artistic research project was realized in cooperation with the Creative Robotics Lab, Linz to produce a movement experiment. Bodily sensation mapping (BSM) was used as a self-reporting tool to assess physical and emotional experiences humans have when engaging with robots. In a first step, experiments were carried out, in which participants were invited to interact with a robot and afterwards they were asked to draw their bodily sensations in a body silhouette. Through BSM data was collected and translated by dancers into a movement score, which resulted in a choreography and installation.

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Supported by Amir Bastan and Creative Robotics.

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