You talked about how you got involved in this when your father had a stroke and was suddenly surrounded by these machines that were anything but human or humanoid or comforting. -
That was a really scary experience and it crystallized something for me, which is that he had all these assistive technologies that were supposed to be helping him cover. But he felt completely alienated by the whole experience and very disempowered. - Dr. Catie Cuan
As an artist, having been trained in art and understanding how essential emotion is to our experience of the world, I was like, I need to be applying my artistic skills to the design and programing of robots. - Dr. Catie Cuan
Choreorobotics
Motion and Emotion, of course they're connected.
And as the machines enter our homes, and get more involved in some of the more intense parts of our lives, like recovering from stroke or other medical applications, emotional response, trigged by the motion of the machine, will play an increasingly important role in the engagement between people and assistive technology, robots and beyond.
Catie's TED Talk on the topic
Next Up for AI? Dancing Robots | Dr. Catie Cuan | TED Conferences, TED YouTube Channel -
Great to meet Catie at the Humanoids Summit 2024 in Mountain View.
Humanoids Summit v2 is coming to London, May 2025
Who will be there?
https://humanoidssummit.com/
Our Full length conversation
Dancing with Robots: Dr. Catie Cuan on Choreorobotics and the Future of Robotics | Humanoids Summit, hosted by Jeff Frick - Humanoids Summit YouTube Channel
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