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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News

29 January 2026

The Dramaturgy of Robots on Stage

VU Lecture by Laura Karreman and Ulrike Quade On December 1st, 2025, Dr. Laura Karreman—Associate Professor in Media and Performance Studies at Utrecht ...

16 December 2025

ICSR: Special Session – Call for Proposals

We invite submissions to the special session Skillful Practices in Social Robotics and HRI – Approaches from the Performing Arts at the International ...

16 December 2025

ICSR: Workshop – The Mechanics of Ensoulment

At the International Conference on Social Robotics and Art (ISCR), 1-4 July 2026 in London, we will be organizing the half-day workshop The Mechanics of ...

16 December 2025

Research Exchange to Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne

by Soyun Jang In November 2025, I visited the Centre for Transformative Media Technology at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, for ...

16 December 2025

IASDR 2025 conference attandence

At the beginning of December, PhD Candidate Enne Lampe, within the Dramaturgy for Devices project responsible for research on designing service ...

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Agenda

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Feb

6 February 2026, All day

Workshop ‘Prompts & Theater’

On Friday 6 February, Dramaturgy for Devices and Robotstories | Expanding Narratives will be organizing a collaborative exploration of Prompts & ...

12

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12 February 2026, 12:30 - 17:00

Robotic Relations – Highlight Delft Symposium

How will we live together with robots? At the Robotic Relations symposium, researchers, artists, makers, and audiences come together in conversation, to ...

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