Anne Sofie Belling
The rhythm of the robot: A prolegomenon to posthuman somaesthetics
Belling, Anne Sofie; Buzzo, Daniel
Abstract
This work-in-progress paper describes an investigation into the somaesthetic qualities of exploring posthuman strategies and relations with technology. This was done through bodystorming and physical prototyping, casting soft robots directly onto the body. Through a Research-through-Design process, a soft robotic prototype, Nautica, was developed. This prototype is based on embodied design ideation, autoethnographic bodystorming and prototyping in soft robotics. Nautica explores the concept of an embodied navigation system that plays with re-embodying the disembodied virtual body found in digital navigation systems. The Nautica prototype was tested directly on the designer-researcher's body which led to discerning preliminary emergent properties. Over a short-term adoptive study it was discovered that several "material"commonalities between the wearer and robot emerged due to the materiality and behavior of soft robots. These insights may suggest new ways of experiencing hybrid somatic relations with technology. This work-in-progress ends on suggesting further work such as connecting the soft robot to a real, functioning navigation system and to expand the testing of the Nautica prototype.
Citation
Belling, A. S., & Buzzo, D. (2021). The rhythm of the robot: A prolegomenon to posthuman somaesthetics. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3442470
Conference Name | TEI '21: Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction |
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Conference Location | Salzburg Austria |
Start Date | Feb 1, 2021 |
End Date | Feb 15, 2021 |
Acceptance Date | Jan 1, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 14, 2021 |
Publication Date | Feb 14, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Jul 5, 2021 |
Pages | 1-6 |
Book Title | Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction |
ISBN | 9781450382137 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3442470 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7412023 |
Additional Information | Article no.62 |
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