ROBOTIC PUPPETS

This page includes our resources on robotic puppets and robot theater. Both technical and artistic aspects are discussed. This is still a very new area of activity.

ROBOT THEATRES

  1. ULLANTA
    1. Ullanta Performance Robotics - Robotic Theater Troupe
    2. Pioneer Robots by ActivMedia Ullanta Performance Robotics is a theater troupe in which the actors are autonomous robots
  2. ROBOT RADIO
    1. Robot Radio and The Robot Theater
  3. COMPUTER MUSEUMS
    1. The Computer Museum in Boston (now defunct).
    2. Profile of Computer Museum. The Computer Museum is the first museum of its kind in the world, devoted solely to people and computers. Located on Boston's waterfront.
    3. Robots and Smart Machines. Computer Museum Launches: Robots! Robots! Robots! Step into the arena of Smart Machines where robots and smart software mimic human behaviors. You'll meet robots that walk, programs that talk--and much, much more.
    4. The Computer Museum, 300 Congress Street, Museum Wharf Boston 617-423-6758
  4. OMNICIRCUS AND SIMILAR GROUPS
    1. Frank Garvey. OmniCircus: Manifesto of the omnicircus Part XXIV. Steps Toward a Culture of Liberation.
    2. Survival Research Laboratories
    3. Robot Wars Official WWW Page
    4. Circus Roboticus
  5. ESSAYS
    1. Imagining Futures, Dramatizing Fears, Daniel Chandler
  6. CHILDREN
    1. Projects of Keppi Theme by Theme
  7. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, AFFECTIVE COMPUTRING, DIALOG CREATION.
    1. The Oz Project at CMU is developing technology and art to help artists create high quality interactive drama, based in part on AI technologies. This especially means building believable agents in dramatically interesting micro-worlds.
    2. THE COGNITION AND AFFECT PROJECT, School of Computer Science, Cognitive Science Research Centre, University of Birmingham
    3. Stanford University, Barbara Hayes-Roth and Ed Feigenbaum. The Virtual Theater project studies the creation of intelligent, automated characters that can act either in well-defined stories or in improvisational environments.
    4. The Software Agents group of the MIT Media Laboratory investigates computer systems to which one can delegate tasks. Software agents differ from conventional software in that they are long-lived, semi-autonomous, proactive, and adaptive. The group develops techniques and builds prototype agent systems that can be tested.
      Software Agents group, Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology E15-309, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA Voice: +1 (617) 253 7441 Fax: +1 (617) 253 6215
    5. Kanagawa, Japan
  8. ROBO SHOWS AND CONFERENCES
    1. Robotronika 1998
    2. Roboshow, artists.
    3. RoboFest 7 Program, Robot Group Projects, Art and Technology Exhibits, Project Descriptions
  9. COMMERCIAL COMPANIES SELLING ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT FOR THEATRES
    1. Resources
    2. Robotic puppets on vehicles
  10. KINETIC SCUPTORS AND TECH ARTISTS
    1. Intersections of Art, Technology, Science & Culture - Links
    2. Interesting Tech Artists
    3. Robot puppet dancer, 22" tall - punch card style programming demonstrator
    4. Robot Group Projects
    5. Negative Head by Tim Stone
    6. Ken Feingold, web projects notes on recent works
    7. Where I can see my house from here so we are" by Ken Feingold
  11. ROBOT DESIGNERS.
    1. Carl C Pisaturo, Designer - Fabricator - Advocate for Civilization, San Francisco, CA USA
  12. HISTORY OF ROBOTS
    1. Landmark Images of People and Technology in Fiction
  13. GENERAL PUPPETRY
    1. Sagecraft Productions Presents THE PUPPETRY HOME PAGE CLASSIFIEDS
    2. SIMMS
    3. 8 tape recorder toy