The inspiration for this podcast originated in Molly Wright Steenson’s course at Carnegie Mellon University, AI & Culture: Bodies and Cyborgs in the Fall of 2018 and it serves as part my final creative project for the course. 

In this episode, I interview Mia Sylvester, a PhD student in the CMU computational design program. We learn more about Mia’s background in dance and how that informs her interest in creating better expressive motion in social robotics. We talk about what we’ve learned because we both have a background in dance and how computational design thinking and cultural awareness should play a role in emerging robotics research.

In addition to this podcast I also had fun exploring an expression of experimental art using VR and projection which you can check out here! https://medium.com/@emilydegrandpre/final-creative-project-for-ai-culture-bodies-cyborgs-3b9104fd40b3

embodied interactions podcast episode 1

Episode 2 of Embodied Interactions Podcast, Joshulyne Park: Are we just afraid to look silly?

Please note: Urban Dance is no longer the umbrella term name for the category of dance Joshulyne is referring to! Post #BLM which we respect!

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