Joe/Joesphine Robot
The Story ...
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Joe robot has issues. It all started when he (?!) was seen sitting around contemplating through its Social Robot Architecture what it could see with his stereo USB vision system as it looked around using his motion servo-control system. |
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Then Joe went to London on July 12th, 2002... to the SmartLab Centre. A London fashion designer made Joe a dress and a floral pattern pair of butterfly wings. Contrary to all expectations, Joe became Josephine!! ... and performed in the Flutterfugue dance in collaboration with SmartLab (Lizbeth Goodman), NYU CAT Lab (Ken Perlin, Clilly Castiglia, Kate Brehm), Jorgen Callesen, Jaihn K Rose, with music by Nick Ryan (BBC). |
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Click on this image to see VIDEO footage of the Flutterfugue
performance. |
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More information about the Flutterfugue Performance:
The Flutterfugue Performance is part of the Virtual Interactive Puppetry (VIP) iniative which aims to create a user-friendly interface and portable technology system to allow disabled dancers and others with limited physical mobility to regain or construct a new sense of empowerment through virtual movement with puppets and people in real space and time.
The SmartLab Centre, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
NYU CAT Lab - Performance Animation Toolbox, The Narrativity Studio, Interactive Institute, Sweden (Jorgen Callesen)
- Photographs of the Mediatheque Event including the Flutterfugue Performance by Brent Jones
- Kate Brehm WebPhotos of the event
Robot Design Information
Click on the images to access the complete design specifications for Joe Robot. File sizes range from
about 200K to 700K
(You may need the eDrawings plugin to view the 3D solid models of all the components. If you do, a
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Is Joe/Josephine the first robot to pose issues of trans-gender perception in robots based on actions/performance/form?