Technocultural research into robotics
Edited by Chris Chesher and Justine Humphry
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Pepper Parlor
Imagine eating morning tea surrounded by social robots. Pepper Parlor is a concept restaurant that offers just that experience.
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Eye machines: Robot eye, vision and gaze article published
The International Journal of Social Robotics has published the article Fiona Andreallo and I wrote on the three dimensions of eye machines: the eye itself, the operation of vision, and the intersubjective significance of the gaze.
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Philosopher of media and technology, Mark Coeckelbergh visits Sydney
Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna visited Sydney in November/December 2019. He presented at a Sydney Ideas event ‘Wild AI and tame humans’ on November 18, and led two research workshops.
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Talking about the robot gaze
How does it feel when a robot looks you in the eye? In July Michael Garbutt and I recorded a conversation on the robot gaze. The possibility of a robot gaze exposes the ambiguity over the status of the robot as a being or a thing.
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Beyond anthropomorphism symposium
I am helping to organise a symposium with the Sydney Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems called ‘Beyond Anthropomorphism: Rethinking Human-Machine Relations in Robotics and AI’ on June 11 and 12, 2019.
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Toy robots on YouTube: Consumption and peer production at the robotic moment
NEW PUBLICATION: Toy robots on YouTube in Convergence. Robots are increasingly prominent in the popular imagination, partly through people playing with toys and using social media. This article examines a selection of user-created YouTube videos in different genres that reveal how people experiment with toy robots such as the Furby.
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Robowars at Vivid
Robowars competitors show off their jumping talents.
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Mining robotics and media change
Here’s a link to an article I wrote last year on the transformations in mining practices associated with digital technologies. In it I argue that changes even in such a large scale material practice can be considered as media changes.
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Autonomous Robots compete to beat the field
The meaning of individual robots is put into relief when they face competition. This week I watched the National Instruments (NI) Autonomous Robotics Competition finals at Macquarie University as 27 teams placed their robots onto the playing field in the Lotus Theatre.