robotics

Sunny Side Up

AATB – Andrea Anner (CH), Thibault Brevet (FR)

Sunny Side Up, a robotic sun developed by studio AATB, proposes a contemporary take on the archaic typology of the sundial. From sunrise to high noon and sunset, Sunny Side Up brings the movement of this celestial body close to the viewer. In the Anthropocene age, Sunny Side Up raises questions about our current disconnect from the planet and circadian rhythms.

VALIS

Digital Research Unit in Art and Design at the Esad Saint-Étienne/Ensba Lyon

For this first presentation in the framework of Ars Electronica, we chose to explore concepts of “science-fiction,” considered as a domain that provides forms but also imaginary elements to be renewed. The exhibition presented here is therefore a first approach which summons various references to fields such as archeology, music, robotics or video games, passing through several experiments with media (code, 3D, sound, performance, deep learning …). VALIS “Vast Living Intelligent System” is a reference to the late work of Philip K. Dick.

Human Limitations – Limited Humanity

The exhibition “Human Limitations – Limited Humanity” revolves around the relationship between humanity and the environment, and our limitations therein. What socio-ethical obligations arise from our present technologies and our ever-increasing interaction with nature?

Lasermice

So Kanno (JP)

Lasermice is a swarm robotic installation with 60 small robots, inspired by the synchronous behavior of insects like fireflies. Robots create a visible network via laser light-photodetector communication and generate a rhythm that continuously changes and that’s made audible by a solenoid striking the floor. The combination of a visible network and an audible rhythm is spatially deployed.

Poise→[d]

Dmitry Morozov / ::vtol:: (RU)

Poise→[d] is a hybrid installation that uses chemical and physical reactions to control its behavior and sound synthesis. The installation consists of the main control unit and three balancing robots. The main control unit has three core systems where the reactions occur, with everything analyzed by a computer algorithm using cameras.

Doing Nothing with AI

Emanuel Gollob (AT)

In order to promote a doing nothing state in 2019, Emanuel Gollob and his team created a neuroreactive robotic installation, using live EEG-measurements and a real-time adapting choreography. Over time a generative algorithm increasingly learns to move the installation in a way that best supports the viewer’s mind-wandering process.

Distributed Robotic Assembly for Timber Structures

Samuel Leder (US), Ramon Weber (CH)

Dieses multidisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit autonomen maschinellen Kollektiven, die bauliche Strukturen erstellen.

SLAP – See Like A Pony

Sabine Engelhardt (DE)

With SLAP I want to make robotics not only understandable but truly approachable. Clifford Nass drew the comparison of robots with domesticated animals. They are useful, but also dangerous. But, how do we communicate with animals? Can we feel them? How does it work?

Tracing

Ao Yanxi (CN)

the shell

Amir Bastan (IR), Johannes Braumann (AT)

the shell constructs a narrative on both sides of a monitor, behind which something is hidden. This is caused by the observation in front of the monitor.