About project
The installation Forum Robotum presents the latest findings in the field of autonomous robot technology in a playful way. While on the screen we watch the exploration of an unknown space by machine vision, research robots walk around the stage and make contact with festival visitors. In doing so, they wear a special “organ” similar to the colourful scrubs of beetles. The robots’ wings are used to visualize contact with human beings. Robots are receiving information from special LIDAR scanners which analyse the movement of the mass of people moving around the location and the wings change their colour accordingly. Interaction breaks down the barrier of vigilance created by the one-sided vision of today’s technology. Indeed, we are often silently watched by machines, but so far without visible reaction.
