SHErobots

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SHErobots is written by Dagmar Reinhardt and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0645540056 (ISBN 10) and 9780645540055 (ISBN 13).

Exhibition catalogue for the SHErobots exhibition, held at the Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, Australia from 20th October to 10th December 2022. It features the work of women across the world who are pioneering new approaches to contemporary robotics in architecture, art, design and technology. With the imminent rise of robots in society, it has never been more important to make visible female perspectives, challenge stereotypes and encourage a new generation of women to participate in the shaping of robots, that will, in turn, shape humanity and life on the planet.SHErobots is the first exhibition of its kind in Australia. It charts and builds upon a history of expert research and output of women pioneering work in a cross-disciplinary network situated throughout Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, UK, United States, Japan and Australia. It explores how they build, hack, adapt and programme both new and off-the-shelf robots through a showcase of six-axis industrial robots, interactive installations, performances, documentaries, art films, prototypes, material samples, and creative objects.The exhibition brings together iconic and emerging examples of robotic tools, toys and companions, as a point of departure for interrogating traditional and novel relationships between humans and robots. As a `tool', robots have a rich history in architectural fabrication, including material explorations and new construction techniques. `Toy' foregrounds feminist critiques of gender and cultural stereotypes through conceptual re-imaginings and subversion of robotic forms. It also explores game play or creative processes of designing, making, and fabricating where the robot is either subsidiary to supporting human creativity or developed as an equal creative partner. `Companion' interrogates the role of reciprocity, so vital for human relationships and connection, in human-robot companionship. The exhibition functions as a living laboratory, where experimentation and collaboration are encouraged between exhibitors, students, researchers, industry, and community. The living laboratory approach enables visitors to actively and physically explore ideas, prototypes and processes through in-person and online workshops, and to observe robots in motion, design in action, real-time fabrication and remote production.