Dramaturgy for Devices

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. Dramaturgy for Devices shows how the performing arts can contribute to innovative design tools and methods, and show the value of the skills and knowledge of theater practice for technological innovation.
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31 March 2025

Listen to the ‘Acting Like A Robot’ Podcast

“If, as Shakespeare famously claimed, ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players’, robots are the new kids on the ...

24 March 2025

Maaike Bleeker presents paper at HRI’25 in Melbourne

On 4 March 2025, Maaike Bleeker presented the paper ‘The Human-Robot Ensemble: Designing Expressive Movements for Restaurant Service Robots’, written by ...

21 February 2025

Pak me op, schop me weg!

Pick me up, kick me out! On 21 February 2025, the Dutch newspaper NRC published an interview with Maaike Bleeker on the research project Acting Like ...

21 December 2024

Rober in the Room

Designing Human-Robot Encounters for the CTRL + ALT + PLAY event | By Pascalle Paumen From November 28 to November 30, 2024, researchers of the Dramaturgy ...

09 December 2024

Magnetic Movements

Exploring the Relational and Performative Potential of Smart Materials | By Pascalle Paumen On September 26, 2024, I attended the workshop “Expressive ...

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