Article published In: Robots in the Wild: Exploring human-robot interaction in naturalistic environments
Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn
[Interaction Studies 10:3] 2009
► pp. 427–452
‘Heart Robot’, a public engagement project
Published online: 10 December 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/is.10.3.07roc
https://doi.org/10.1075/is.10.3.07roc
Heart Robot was a public engagement project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The aim of the project was to challenge cultural perceptions of robots, and to stimulate thought and debate in members of the general public around research in the field of social and emotional robotics. Fusing the traditions of Bunraku puppetry, the technology of animatronics and the field of artificial emotion and social intelligence, Heart Robot presented a series of entertaining, thought-provoking, and moving performances at fourteen events in the south-west region of the UK between May and December 2008. This paper presents a summary of the independent evaluation of the project. Keywords: Robot, Puppet, Public Engagement, Social Robots, Science-art collaboration
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