When you're moving around people, you have to think about efficiency and also impression. - Dr. Catie Cuan
People will create all kinds of stories about what that movement means. People put all kinds of stories, context, ideas and motions on top of it. - Dr. Catie Cuan
It's our job as roboticists, especially roboticists, who want to build robots that are around people to make sure that we build those motions in ways that people understand what's going on and the stories that they layer and embed on top are stories that we actually want. - Dr. Catie Cuan
Create the emotion that supports the story we want.
Wow, can't think of anyone doing that better than Jerome and the team at Enchanted Tools who started with the story of the Mirokaï, and the movement from that, including gentle 'I'm listening' responsive movements of the ears. Because as Jerome says, ‘reflecting life, gives life.”
Great to meet Catie at the Humanoids Summit 2024 in Mountain View.
Humanoids Summit v2 is coming to London, May 29 & 30, 2025
Who will be there?
https://humanoidssummit.com/hslondon2025agenda
Our full length conversation
Dancing with Robots: Dr. Catie Cuan on Choreorobotics and the Future of Robotics | Humanoids Summit, hosted by Jeff Frick
Catie's TED Talk on the topic
Next Up for AI? Dancing Robots | Dr. Catie Cuan | TED Conferences, TED YouTube Channel
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