Robots are increasingly part of our daily lives. They help provide medical care, care for our homes and gardens, and support education and the workplace. They are increasingly able to perform simple tasks and convey messages, but they also lack many skills needed for interaction and communication. Dramaturgy for Devices develops these skills in collaboration with theater and dance makers. 
In the Dramaturgy for Devices project, we focus on the social skills of robots supporting people in, for example, education, healthcare, and hospitality.

Research, theatre & robots’ social skills

Dramaturgy for Devices will show how the performing arts can contribute to innovative design tools and methods, and demonstrate the value of the skills and knowledge of theater practice for technological innovation. For this, researchers collaborate with theatre and dance makers. We show how the performing arts can contribute to innovative design tools and methods, and demonstrate the value of the skills and knowledge of theatre practice for technological innovation.

Consortium

We collaborate long-term with artists Ulrike Quade, Anouk van Dijk, and Bram Ellens, and also a host of other partners from the theatre field, including Theater Utrecht, ICK Amsterdam, the AHK, Wintertuin, the Robot Theater Lab, and the European Lab for Robotics in Art and Theater. With the wealth of knowledge and skills they possess, we can make interactions between humans and robots not only better and more effective, but also more imaginative, fun, interesting, and exciting. Theatre is truly a fantastic tool for exploring and questioning imaginary futures with robots.

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Dramaturgy for Devices is made possible by the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA), research on routes by consortia (NWA.1518.22.080). See also performingrobots.sites.uu.nl.