Madeline, The Robot Tamer

In this profile, Madeline Gannon shares her work taming giant, industrial robots into collaborative companions. She demonstrates custom gesture-based software she developed in order to communicate with her big, orange robot, ABBA. Using a wearable device and motion-capture system, Gannon shows how new ways of using old technology might rewrite how humans and automation co-exist. See full project details here: Project Credits: This design research was supported by the Autodesk Pier 9 Artist in Residence Program, Fall 2015, and was developed at the Autodesk Applied Research Lab. Development Team: Madeline Gannon Sponsors: Autodesk, Inc. Video by: Charlie Nordstrom: Blue Bergen (Asst. Editor) Music: “Empty Trees“ by Ketsa Available on Free Music Archive — Under CC by license — Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 International