A contribution to Liam Jarvis and Aneta Mancewicz (eds.) Contemporary Theatre Review journal, special issue: AI in Performance-Making: New Frontiers in the Humanities (publication in Autumn 2026) Keywords: embodied AI, humanoid robots, Rodney Brooks,…
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together with Rachael Garrett (Somabotics) and Bipin Indurkhya (Cognitive Robotics Lab). 1000m2 arts & robotics exhibition. Every noon, 13 – 13: 45, there is a performance program at the arts…
Podcast in 2 parts, german language. Host Simone Rannicher in discussion with DDr. Reinhild Strauss MSc and Oliver Schürer. Episode 1: Episode 2:
Newspaper “Der Standard”, print 4.6.2025, “Mit Robotern tanzen” in “Forschung Spezial”. Newspaper “Der Standard”, online 10.6.2025 “Wenn die KI besser Schlagzeug spielt und singt als ein Profi” in “Forschung Spezial…
We humans have millennia-old fantasies about other beings. We animate them as humanoid creatures so that they are available to us as references or substitutes. At times, they might be generous…
Many popular definitions of social robotics and AI featured in the public sphere fail to highlight aspects of control. Among today’s many ways of controlling social robots, AI is discussed…




