QUT Centre for Robotics and the Brisbane SIGCHI Chapter are co-hosting this seminar talk with Dr Belinda Dunstan, Senior Lecturer at UNSW. Please join us for an engaging seminar and discussion at the intersection of social robotics, technology ethics, and cultural robotics!

Location: QUT Centre for Robotics, Level 11, S-Block, Gardens Point campus, QUT, Brisbane.

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Time: 10 September, 11.15am-12.00pm.

Abstract: Many of the newest and most complex concerns in social robotics, such as embodiment, morphology, and emotional expression, are themes that have been addressed for centuries in sculpture. In this talk, Dr. Belinda Dunstan will describe her research path from sculpture to social robotics. The talk will explore the broader theme of the difficulties and delights of cross-disciplinary research, and then delve into some applications of art theory to human-machine interaction. Dr. Dunstan will share examples from her work to highlight the evident need for multidisciplinarity in the design of social technologies.

Bio: Dr Belinda J Dunstan is the Principal Lead for the UNSW Creative Robotics Lab, and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Built Environment at UNSW, on Gadigal country. Belinda is the author and director of the Minor in Social Robotics for the UNSW Bachelor of Design, teaching a critically engaged and materially focused approach to the design of social robots. Recently, she was the lead editor of Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and their Emergent Cultural Ecologies (Springer, 2023). Her current research interests are social robot morphology, critical futuring, technology ethics, and cultural robotics.