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Episode 124: Robots in the performing arts - Amy LaViers

Episode 124: Robots in the performing arts - Amy LaViers

Update: 2025-06-06
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Claire chatted to Amy LaViers from the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab about the creative relationship between humans and machines.

Amy LaViers works at the intersection of robotics and dance. Her writing, choreography, and machine designs have been presented internationally at performing arts and engineering venues, including Merce Cunningham's studios, the Performance Arcade, and universities like Berkeley and Brown. She is the founder of three startup companies, including AE Machines, which won "Product Design of the Year" at the 4th Rev Awards in Chicago. Amy runs the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab, a non-profit for art-making, commercialization, education, outreach, and research.


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Episode 124: Robots in the performing arts - Amy LaViers

Episode 124: Robots in the performing arts - Amy LaViers

Claire Asher