Teaching Robots to Move, Let Alone Dance

An Interview with Amy LaViers, director of the RAD Lab Amy LaViers is the director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The lab seeks to leverage embodied, choreographic practice in the development of expressive robotic systems and in the study of human […]

April 4, 2019  |  Read Article

Intersections of Dance and Technology

An Interview with Catie Cuan Catie Cuan is a performer, choreographer, and technologist. She is a 2018 TED Resident, ThoughtWorks Arts Resident, and the Artist-in-Residence at the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford […]

January 28, 2019  |  Read Article