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SUMMARY:Nature of Robotics: An Expanded Field
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:EPFL: Prof. Auke Ijspeert’s Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob)\
 , Prof. Herbert Shea’s Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS)\, Prof. Selma
 n Sakar’s MicroBioRobotic Systems (MICROBS) Laboratory\, Prof Jamie Paik
 ’s Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL). Artistes: Haseeb Ahmed\, Cl
 audia Comte\, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg\, Agnes Denes\, Melissa Dubbin & Aa
 ron S. Davidson\, Urs Fischer\, Basim Magdy\, Jürg Lehni\, Adrien Missika
 \, Katja Novitskova\, Trevor Paglen\, Léa Pereyre & PATHOS\, Jean Tinguel
 y et Suzanne Treister\nUnder its new banner “EPFL Pavilions”\, ArtLab 
 is devoting its winter programme to the theme of robotics to instigate a t
 hought process on the emerging perspectives and scenarios of this rapidly 
 expanding field.\n\nNature of Robotics: An Expanded Field aims to highligh
 t the state of art of the robotics discourse today in the Swiss academic c
 ontext\, as well as fostering contemplation on the expansion and impact of
  this scientific area in our imagination and its future uses for the under
 standing of our environment.\n\nThrough artists’ works and scientific pr
 oductions\, Nature of Robotics invites contemporary reflection on the plac
 e of artificial agents in our natural and social ecosystems. Visions emerg
 ing from the laboratories are juxtaposed with speculative creatures\, draw
 ings\, diagrams\, and videos produced by contemporary artists.\n\nThe prem
 ise for Nature of Robotics is to offer an unconventional look at the subje
 ct of robotics and to extend its understanding into broader notions situat
 ed at the frontier between science and the visual arts. The exhibition spa
 ce becomes a platform and arena for the confrontation of different viewpoi
 nts\, offering a range of perspectives in order to unpack and reflect on t
 he new frontiers of this expanded field. “Modular”\, “reconfigurable
 ”\, “soft”\, “micro” and “bio” robotics manifest the emergin
 g scenarios of a discipline facing constant renewal. The new paradigms of 
 robotics are evidence of the emergence of a scientific sphere at the cross
 roads of different disciplines\, such as robotics\, computational neurosci
 ence\, biomechanics\, behavioural systems and machine learning.\n\nOpening
  a realm of speculation common to scientific and artistic research\, the s
 how thus also investigates the interdisciplinary concerns of robotics toda
 y\, as well as its impact on society and environment.\n\nCurator: Giulia B
 ini\nEPFL Pavilions Director: Sarah Kenderdine\n\nEntrance free\n>Info and
  visit
LOCATION:EPFL pavilions https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ART%20A0%20100
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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