×

Research, interactivity and new media art

José, un robot autista

Jose, el robot autista_Ricardo Iglesias

Jose_autistaJose_autista02José, un robot autista (2007)

Concept
José is a robot who doesn’t respond normally to external stimulation, showing autistic symptoms of social reject and lack of communication. The robot’s performing depends directly on its level of fear related to the amount and behavior of the visitors it’s surrounded by. There are five states of its behavior reaching from an creative activity over flying from the visitors up to total collapsing expressed by making terrible noises.

Project
The technical setup is based on an open hardware called Arduino connected to a domestic robot named Roomba. A secondary objective of our investigations was the creation of a free and easy to use robotic kit which can be used to teach electronic basics and programming. The exact setup depends on budget and physical space of the exposition.

Programming: Gerald Kogler y Mario Ruiz.

+ info: http://www.mediainterventions.net/jose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEP7qcp07aE

  • Banquete_nodos y redes. ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie. Karlsruhe (Alemania), 2009.
  • Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid. Paris, 2008.
  • Banquete_nodos y redes. Centro de Arte Laboral. Gijón, 2008.
  • Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid. C. El Águila, Madrid, 2008.
  • Resplandores. poéticas analógicas y digitales. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires, 2007.
  • Didáctica-presentación. MadridProcesos 07. Univ. Europea. Madrid,2007.
  • Centro Cultural Español. Centro Nacional de las Artes. México D.F. 2006.