Telegarden: A Community Garden with a Robotic Twist
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Born in the imagination of science fiction novelists, robots are now also the focus of scientists and artists alike. swissnex San Francisco brings together all three of these seemingly disparate disciplines to examine robotics from each perspective—and to admire the sweet spot where robotics research and robotic art coincide.
As part of swissnex San Francisco's series on robotics as well as the inaugural Bay Area Science Festival, Marc Atallah, Director of the Maison d'Ailleurs, the Museum of Science Fiction Utopia and Extraordinary Journeys in Yverdon, Switzerland, looks back on the history of robots and other fantastic creatures in literature and asks the question, "Are robots passé?"
Renowned artist Ken Goldberg, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkley and Co-Founder of the Berkeley Center for New Media, presents insights on Post-Robotic Robots, including human-centered robots and cloud robotics.
Raffaello d’Andrea, Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) is a strong believer in creative research. He and Philip Reist show off the Blind Juggler, a robot that keeps multiple balls bouncing on a paddle without any sensory input, and discusses why and what this bot has in comon with his other projects, such as the Flying Machine Arena, Distributed Flight Array, and Robotic Chair.
