Soft robotic incarnation

dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributor.advisorMuurimäki, Mia
dc.contributor.authorPeled, Avner
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mediaen
dc.contributor.departmentMedian laitosfi
dc.contributor.schoolTaiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Arts, Design and Architectureen
dc.contributor.supervisorReunanen, Markku
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-08T16:01:33Z
dc.date.available2019-12-08T16:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis 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
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/41408
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201912086367
dc.language.isoenen
dc.locationP1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2019 Peled
dc.programmeNew Media Design and Productionen
dc.subject.keywordsoft roboticsen
dc.subject.keywordphenomenologyen
dc.subject.keywordpostphenomenologyen
dc.subject.keywordconflict resolutionen
dc.subject.keywordintercorporealityen
dc.subject.keywordembodimenten
dc.subject.keywordmaterialityen
dc.subject.keywordcomputer-human interactionen
dc.titleSoft robotic incarnationen
dc.typeG2 Pro gradu, diplomityöfi
dc.type.ontasotMaster's thesisen
dc.type.ontasotMaisterin opinnäytefi
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