3 papers
cs.RO2025
Dancing with a Robot: An Experimental Study of Child-Robot Interaction in a Performative Art Setting
Victor Ngo, Rachel, Ramchurn +3
This paper presents an evaluation of 18 children's in-the-wild experiences with the autonomous robot arm performer NED (Never-Ending Dancer) within the Thingamabobas installation,…
cs.RO2025
Theatre in the Loop: A Rehearsal-Based, Collaborative Workflow for Expressive Robotic Behaviours
Pavlos Panagiotidis, Victor Zhi Heung Ngo, Sean Myatt +4
In this paper, we propose theatre-in-the-loop, a framework for developing expressive robot behaviours tailored to artistic performance through a director-guided puppeteering workfl…
cs.HC2025
Cat Royale: An Artistic Inquiry into Trust in Robots
Matt Adams, Nick Tandavanitj, Steve Benford +9
Cat Royale is an artwork created by the artists Blast Theory to explore the question of whether we should trust robots to care for our loved ones. The artists endeavoured to create…