Uncanny Robots
Project Description
This project aims to explore the possibilities of human-robot interactions through means not normally used. In a transdisciplinary, research-creation activity, the project blurs the lines of not only the performance/audience being human/non-human, but the space itself acting as both a site of creation and an interactive character, contributing to the narrative. The medium of dance has been an inherently human mode of expression and performance. With technology a鍖�ecting so many areas of our experience, what, and how, can a technological actor contribute to this physical performance mode, and in鍖�uence our understanding of ourselves and the role of technology.
This performance is the 鍖�rst phase of the project and acts as a proof-of-concept of developing a larger work. In it we present a 20-minute dance duet choreographed by and featuring Belinda McGuire, and a KUKA robot. Further research aims include exploring machine learning and improvisation techniques. As well we aim to develop a digital choreographic library of movement that can act as a dataset in further robotic and technological dance development.