Soft robotic incarnation
dc.contributor | Aalto University | en |
dc.contributor | Aalto-yliopisto | fi |
dc.contributor.advisor | Muurimäki, Mia | |
dc.contributor.author | Peled, Avner | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Media | en |
dc.contributor.department | Median laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.school | Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu | fi |
dc.contributor.school | School of Arts, Design and Architecture | en |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Reunanen, Markku | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-08T16:01:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-08T16:01:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is a postphenomenological interrogation into the use of soft robots as mediating bodies between humans, attempting to unfetishizeheir imaginative figure of the stranger through an event I call incarnation. Based on my own encounters with Palestinians for conflict resolution and through readings of phenomenological and sociological studies, I determine the importance of the physical body, its fleshiness, nonlinearity and organic qualities for the constitution of intercorporeality - a meaningful and transformative dialog. I investigate the potential of non-human robotic avatars to achieve intercorpreality and liberate the interlocutors from prejudice and identity constraints, proposing the use of soft robots as a medium of re-embodiment that could facilitate massive scale physical incarnations and create physical encounters between people who are unable to otherwise meet in person. As a proof-of-concept, a novel method for the production of soft robotic avatars is introduced, capable of bodily haptics, language translation, and animalistic emotional expression. The avatar is operated using a web-based software platform that enables easy development of third party applications. Using this method, HITODAMA, a first prototype for a soft robotic avatar, is produced. I perform an initial evaluation of the robot in an encounter between people of different cultures, using an example app in which they get to know one another using pictures. I analyze the results by conducting interviews with the participants, following the principles of interpretative phenomenological analysis. | en |
dc.format.extent | 147 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/41408 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201912086367 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.location | P1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2019 Peled | |
dc.programme | New Media Design and Production | en |
dc.subject.keyword | soft robotics | en |
dc.subject.keyword | phenomenology | en |
dc.subject.keyword | postphenomenology | en |
dc.subject.keyword | conflict resolution | en |
dc.subject.keyword | intercorporeality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | embodiment | en |
dc.subject.keyword | materiality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | computer-human interaction | en |
dc.title | Soft robotic incarnation | en |
dc.type | G2 Pro gradu, diplomityö | fi |
dc.type.ontasot | Master's thesis | en |
dc.type.ontasot | Maisterin opinnäyte | fi |
local.aalto.barcode | 1210015641 |
Files
Original bundle
1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
- Name:
- master_Peled_Avner_2019.pdf
- Size:
- 45.33 MB
- Format:
- Adobe Portable Document Format