Co-founder and Creative Director of @RustySquidLtd, Robotic artist and designer
Joined February 2009
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The secret to the #future of #Robotics lies in the past
The Löwenmensch figurine from #Germany is the oldest known #statue. It dates 40,000 years ago. This act of carving would have been as much of an advanced technology as robotics is for us today. Visit goo.gl/t8Spvu
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#Covid19 emergency: Arts Council England’s No.1 Priority for the next three months is to support people who work in the arts, museums and libraries. We want as strong a sector as possible as we come out the other side of this crisis. THREAD 👇
Happy 100 year anniversary Robots.
100 years ago Czech playwright Karel Čapek published Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti giving us the word #robot. While #mythology of breathing life into machines is as old as Gods, Capek challenged us to reflect on the intimate relationship between #technology, #capitalism, #agency
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This is where #Robotics starts to get really interesting. Customizable gestures will bring out hidden biases and nuanced assumptions from different cultures around the world. We cannot wait to see what the #artists of the #future will do with this #technology.
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Wow! The #Animatronics workshop is now sold out and the Neutral #Puppet workshop is filling up fast
But don’t worry we'll be running the workshops again in a few weeks!
To get your name on the waiting list:
mail us on [email protected]
join us on rustysquid.org.uk/
The Art Of Animatronics workshop is now sold out, but we have a few places left on our Neutral Puppet workshop. Don't forget student discounts are available.
I can't recommend the neutral puppet workshops highly enough to those interested in animatronics and robotics.
THIS WEEKEND @ Puppet Place
The Neutral #Puppet #Workshop
2 day #professional development #masterclass introducing the fundamentals of breathing life into the inanimate led by David Mcgoran @RustySquidLtd
BOOK: puppetplace.org/whats-on/
Student discount available #bristol #arts
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Hero
The greek philosopher is not only famous for building the first steam engine; he also built a mechanical play powered by a binary-like system of ropes and knots.
@rustysquid is following in the footsteps of pioneers working to integrate #philosophy #engineering and the #arts
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Our little #Robot #art and #design studio cant be more excited about this new book coming out. Its so easy to assume that our current cultures feelings towards "intelligent machines " is normal. Oh how wrong we are. @DrDihal, @stephenjcave
#AINarratives #Robotics #Futures
AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines is now available for preorder!
Edited by @stephenjcave, @drsarahdillon and yours truly.
#AINarratives #AIEthics #litsci #histsci #WIASN
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Welcome, @fatmaciftci we are so honored to have you join the Squids. Your experience as an artist and arts manager in #Istanbul and throughout the middle east will bring a blast of fresh thinking and a new outlook on building our #robotic #art and #design #Studio in #Bristol.
Just arrived in #Bristol from #İstanbul. It’s been an amazing first week supporting @davidmcgoran building @RustySquidLtd‘s next phase of the business. I’m looking forward to meeting the communities of @BristolRobotLab, @PMStudioUK, @PuppetPlace, @_SpikeIsland and @EngineShed_BB.
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"perhaps intelligence is not computational" challenge accepted @rodneyabrooks Our little robotic art and design studio has been experimenting with fresh metaphors. Rather than intelligent perhaps we should think of ourselves as a relational fields.
youtu.be/0XGm2WDMuUM
One of my favorite roboticists and thinkers. @rodneyabrooks publishes an annual technology prediction. It's a hyper down to earth yet optimistic reality check. And he's often spot on.
Just published my 2nd of 32 annual reviews of my January 1st 2018 hype dampening predictions about self driving cars, AI & ML, and the space industry. My predictions had dates attached so you can evaluate how well I did. rodneybrooks.com/predictions…
I have so many #tricks, #secrets and #hacks to share with you all at the end of February. And I cant wait to see what #mischief mischief you all come up with at the end of the #workshop.
hope to see you there
You are kindly invited to join a #professional 2 day #workshop 'The Art of Animatronics' led by @davidmcgoran @rustysquidltd.
Place: @puppetplace
Date: 29 February – 1st March 2020
BOOK NOW: bit.ly/370S352
#animatronics #robotics #robotech #robot #puppetry #mechanical
There are still places left on The Neutral Puppet Workshop. This will be a unique 2 days to work together closely as we investigate #breath #balance #tension and #emergence
We are only accepting 10 places to keep the work intimate and focused. Hope to see you there
You are kindly invited to join a professional 2 day #workshop 'The Neutral Puppet' led by @davidmcgoran @rustysquidltd. #puppetry #dance #animation #puppeteering #theatre #performancearts
Place: @puppetplace
Date: 22-23 February 2020
BOOK NOW: bit.ly/2QYQhvH
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Developed by @Cornell's @guyhoffman, Blossom, a handcrafted woolen and wood design with a vaguely rabbit-like appearance, manages to find a balance between artifice and expression.
youtube.com/watch?v=okFoKJK_…
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Beautiful video by @RustySquidLtd about the process of designing and building a robot. It is all about the animations! Animation-driven design 💨
youtube.com/watch?v=1pTay9QM…
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D-O droid build part 4 live now 👍
youtu.be/DK3hTPibldo
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@davidmcgoran went to an academic conference on how future robots can build trust: “I said to them, surely you’ve looked at Jim Henson’s notation on eye movement or notations on stop-motion animation? They hadn’t even considered to look at these masters.”
read.medium.com/CGFfuoQ
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Exploring the relationship between humans and intelligent machines - I am ECHOBORG - a participatory theatre experience echoborg.com
