VOJEXT is a European project that aims to design, develop, validate and demonstrate robotic systems for industry. S+T+ARTS is a European Commissioned initiative that supports and awards the most cutting-edge works of transdisciplinary European science, art and technology. works. Waag is partner in both VOJEXT and S+T+ARTS.

Take a look at the three residencies and their challenge here. The first two are hosted and tech-provided by Robotnik (Spain). The third is hosted and tech-provided by Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologica (Italy).

Robotics in Construction (Robotnik) focuses on developing critical, creative and new approaches to human-robot collaboration in construction. The main goal is to design safe and efficient interaction between humans and robots for handling wide surface objects (like plasterboards or walls). A specific topic of interest would be experimenting with gripping, manipulating, and mimicking hand-type end-effectors that can support different surface treatment techniques. Understanding creative and intuitive movement, and how such movement and patterns can be explored and modelled as interaction language between the robot and the human collaborator are some of the artistic and design research questions which might be of interest in this challenge.

•  For artists who take an interest in architecture, urban design and robotics

Robotics in Arts and Crafts (Robotnik) focuses on the creative use of emerging robotic technologies. The goal is to enable arts and crafts practitioners to use efficient and safe collaborative robotic interfaces for the remote production of small bespoke custom and or artisanal products. One could think of a robotic arm that uses gripping designs and collaborates collaboration with human workers, in small places. Artists are encouraged to think about social interaction with the robot, mimicking human movement when performing delicate movements.

• For artists who take an interest in arts and crafts, teleoperation, haptic design and robotics

Social Robots (IIT) conducts social and ethical research to investigate and design social human-robot interaction in manufacturing space scenarios, modelled after real-life SME sites. hypothetical, speculative or potential adoption. You are asked to think of wider social acceptance by human collaborators, and design experimentation and interactive technologies for robots to work in small spaces. This includes thinking of wider challenges around the human-robotic relationship such as value, identity, co-habitation, equity, social and ethical acceptance and inclusivity.

• For artists who take an interest in social and ethical research, inclusion and human-robotic interaction