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SHErobots: Ecologies of Care

12 February – 30 May 2024

Exhibition & Programme 
(scroll down for the Cafés, Film Workshop & Outdoor Cinema)

SHErobots: Ecologies of Care, an exhibition and programme at the TU Delft Library explores women who robot (she ‘robots’, a verb). The theme of ecologies of care draws attention to how women are radically reshaping the role and form of robots through their creative and research practices, addressing issues of sustainability, respect, intimacy, and protection in both the human and non-human domains.

SHErobots: Ecologies of Care invites everyone to consider robotics as a catalyst to innovate a future that deeply cares for humankind, partner species and our finite environment.

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© Photography by Mischa Mannot

This exhibition and programme kicked off on 12 Feb with an opening reception in celebration of the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. The programme extends through International Women’s Day (8 March) to May with a series of SHErobots Cafés where prestigious TU Delft female researchers working with robotics share talks and demos. The programme ends with the annual outdoor cinema organised together with the Robotics Study Association, Asimov, on the Library green roof.

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12 February 2024 08:00 till 30 May 2024 23:59

SHErobots Exhibition

SHErobots Exhibition 12 February 2024 08:00 till 30 May 2024 23:59 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar This exhibition –in conjunction with the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales–explores women who robot (she ‘robots’, a verb), using robotics within the broader context of ecologies, as multi-species and environmental entanglements, encompassing care for both humans and non-humans. Ecologies of Care marks the second installment of a SHEexhibition spotlighting women who are at the forefront of contemporary robotics. The first was SHErobots: Tool, Toy, Companion exhibition (Tin Sheds, Sydney, 2022). Both exhibitions feature a female and female-led international network of pioneering and emerging artists, designers, architects, and researchers in robotics. Their collective work challenges and reimagines the prevailing narrative of male-dominated STEM professions, infusing feminist principles into their creative and research endeavours. SHErobots embrace the challenge of ‘making trouble’ The exhibition is composed of three core themes: Strange Bodies, Systems Care, and Materialities Reset. These showcase thought-provoking works that provide insight into our evolving understanding of these complex dynamics, with art videos, process videos, physical objects fabricated for and by robots, customised end effectors for robots, robot bodies and origin stories of research, art and design. Charged with the power to disrupt norms and redefine collaboration, women in the realm of SHErobots embrace the challenge of 'making trouble’, leading a revolutionary exploration of technology, ecology, and care to reshape our collective future. In collaboration with:

12 February 2024 16:00 till 18:30

SHErobots Opening Event

SHErobots Opening Event 12 February 2024 16:00 till 18:30 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Join DEWIS and the TU Delft Library in welcoming robotics researchers from Australia to continue to celebrate International Women and Girls of Science Day (February 11) with the SHErobots: Ecologies of Care exhibition and programme opening—which will feature a live robot in the library! In addition to the performance, there will be a small discussion panel with the visiting curators, Lian Loke and Dagmar Reinhardt from the Universitiy of Sydney and Deborah Turnbull Tillman from the University of New South Wales. We invite you to join us afterwards to enjoy some drinks and snacks (free!) and the opportunity to take informal tours with exhibition curators. Miss the Opening? Watch a full recording of the event here: Performance Title : Code_red: Repeat After Me Performers : Lian Loke (Sydney, Australia) and Kuka Iiwa robot I often wished for a third arm, to make my life easier. Getting up in the morning, grooming and getting ready for the day… surely more efficient with the help of a robotic arm. But I forgot about the training! Using improvised performance as a research methodology, I enquire into future worlds, where humans and robots live with, learn from, and adapt to each other. Raising questions as to who is becoming-human, or indeed, who or what is becoming-robot. ― Lian Loke In collaboration with:

13 February 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Creative Research Behind SHErobots: Ecologies of Care

SHErobots Cafés: Creative Research Behind SHErobots: Ecologies of Care 13 February 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Visiting Universities of Sydney and New South Wales faculty and guest curators Lian Loke , Dagmar Reinhardt and Deborah Turnbull Tillman will kick off the SHErobots Cafés series by elucidating some of the creative research behind the SHErobots: Ecologies of Care exhibition. During the presentation of "Robot Seedling", Dagmar Reinhardt (Usyd) and Charlotte Firth (ArchManu) in collaboration with TU Delft researchers Henriette Bier, Micah Prendergast, and Arwin Hidding will continue to unpack some of the exhibition’s themes related to using robotics as a catalyst to innovate a future that deeply cares for humankind, partner plant species and our finite environment. Demo: Robot Seeding + others related to exhibition Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: Magic Queen by Daniela Mitterberger and Tiziano Derme CV-supported robotic planting approach developed at CoR and RB labs. CV-supported robotic planting approach developed at CoR and RB labs. About the researchers Lian Loke is an Associate Professor in Interaction Design at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Lian’s research in the multi-disciplinary field of human-computer interaction studies the interactivity of humans and machines through a choreographic and somaesthetic lens—exploring how to design embodied and movement-based interactions and experiences with emerging technologies that support human agency, creative expression, skill and vitality. Dagmar Reinhardt is a practising architect, researcher and educator. Reinhardt leads the robotics research group as an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney. Reinhardt’s research focuses on human-centric design at the nexus of acoustics, robotics and accessibility, with recent research projects exploring the range of human-robotic collaboration. Deborah Turnbull Tillman is a curator specialising in design, technology and new media. An editor and author as well as a curator, Deb specialises in disruption and experiential learning regarding curatorial process in the reflection-in-action vein of Donald Schön. She is Creative Director for the New Media Curation platform and is a lecturer in Media Arts and Curatorial at UNSW's School of Art and Design in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. Event in collaboration with:

29 February 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Drones & Touch

SHErobots Cafés: Drones & Touch 29 February 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar The SHErobots Cafés switches gears for the remainder of the series to spotlight female researchers Salua Hamaza (AE) and Yasemin Vardar (ME) from the TU Delft. The subject for this event will be Drones & Touch. Demos : Salua Hamaza Mini Bioacoustics Drone + Whiskered Drones Yasemin Vardar FeelSurf & FeelDEMO Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: About the researchers Salua Hamaza is Assistant Professor in Aerial Robotics & Director of the BioMorphic Intelligence Lab at TU Delft, Netherlands. Her research focuses on the development of compliant aerial robots capable of interacting physically with objects and the environment. Her robotic solutions take inspiration from biological systems, leveraging compliance in hardware and software to advance versatility and autonomy in interacting drones. Yasemin Vardar is an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Robotics Department at the Delft University of Technology, where she leads the Haptic Interface Technology Group (HITLab). Her research focuses on leveraging our knowledge of the human sense of touch to create natural, compelling, and personalized haptic interactions in virtual environments, which can be utilized in communication, medicine, education, and human-robot interaction applications.

08 March 2024 16:00 till 18:00

SHErobots Cafés: Robotic Building

SHErobots Cafés: Robotic Building On International Women's Day! 08 March 2024 16:00 till 18:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar The third SHErobots Café will have a special format in honor of International Women’s Day. End your day by celebrating with us! Henriette Bier (BK) and Mariana Popescu (CEG) , two inspiring researchers from the TU Delft are sure to update your notions on building with robots! Demos : Henriette Bier Multi-agent Robotic Building ( Rhizome 2.0 ) Mariana Popescu Prototypes of 3D knitted textile frameworks Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: Multi-agent Robotic Building (Rhizome 2.0) Prototypes of 3D knitted textile frameworks. Credit: Phillipe Block About the researchers Henriette Bier is the initiator and leader of the Robotic Building lab at TU Delft, associate professor in Architecture, and founding member of both the TU Delft Robotics Institute and the international network, Adaptive Environments . She focuses on advanced computational design and robotics integrated into buildings and building processes. Mariana Popescu , assistant professor of parametric structural design and digital fabrication in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, is a computational architect and structural designer with a strong interest in innovative ways of approaching the fabrication process and use of materials in construction. Her area of expertise is computational and parametric design with a focus on digital fabrication and sustainable design. Photo credit: ETH Zurich / Matthias Rippmann In collaboration with:

26 March 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Assistive Robots and Human-Robot Teams

SHErobots Cafés: Assistive Robots and Human-Robot Teams 26 March 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Anahita Jamshidnejad (AE) & Nazli Cila (IDE) demo and discuss helpful relationships with robots at the fourth event in this series. Demo : MaDaM, socially assistive robot Join us to learn more about the future of working together with robots defined by the inspiring researchers working on this topics here on campus. Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: About the researchers Photo credit: Peter Franklin Anahita Jamshidnejad is Assistant Professor at the Department of Control and Operations, Delft University of Technology, where she has established her research group on Mathematical Decision Making (MDM). She co-founded the AI*MAN lab, where the MDM collaborates with the Intelligent Systems group (EEMCS faculty) on integrating optimization theory and AI approaches for decision-making of artificial agents, in teams composed of humans and artificial agents. Nazli Cila is Assistant Professor of Human-Agent Partnerships at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her research focuses on collaborations with autonomous agents, such as smart products, robots, and AI systems, and their socio-technical implications. She integrates empirical work (e.g., experimentation, future modelling, and prototyping) with philosophical, ethical, and practical issues regarding trust, responsibility, control, and intelligence. Her mission is to create foundational theory on Human-Agent Partnerships and reveal interaction patterns for meaningful, aesthetic, empowering collaborations with agents.

25 April 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Robot Bubbles and Driving

SHErobots Cafés: Robot Bubbles and Driving 25 April 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Saray Bakker (ME) & Laura Ferranti (ME) demo and discuss motion planning with robots at the fifth event in this series. Demos: Intuitive motion planning for high-dimensional robots Platooning vehicles Join us to learn more about the future of automated driving and robotic motion planning defined by the inspiring researchers working on this topic here on campus. Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: Click to play video About the researchers Saray Bakker is a PhD Candidate in Cognitive Robotics at TU Delft. Her research focuses on intuitive and social motion planning for high-dimensional systems in multi-agent scenarios where the other agents are humans and/or robots. Laura Ferranti is currently an Assistant Professor with the Cognitive Robotics (CoR) Department, Delft University of Technology. She is the head of the Reliable Robot Control Lab. Her research interests include optimization and optimal control, model predictive control, reinforcement learning, embedded optimization-based control with application in flight control, maritime transportation, robotics, and automotive.

07 May 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Medical Robotics

SHErobots Cafés: Medical Robotics 07 May 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Join Laura Marchal Crespo (ME) & Katie Poggensee (ME) to learn more about the future of rehab robots and robotic balance assistance defined by the inspiring researchers working on this topic here on campus. Demos: PRIDE & DEMO2: Hand and limb rehab robots Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: About the researchers *Treffen mit* Laura Marchal-Crespo, Neuroprothesen-Forscherin am Motor Learning and Neurorehabilitation ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research University of Bern. © Adrian Moser / Tamedia AG Laura Marchal Crespo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cognitive Robotics in the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. She is also affiliated with the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Switzerland. She carries out research in the general areas of human-machine interfaces and biological learning, and, specifically, in the use of robotic assistance and virtual reality to aid people in learning motor tasks and rehabilitate after neurologic injuries. Katherine Poggensee is a postdoctoral researcher in Cognitive Robotics at TU Delft and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Erasmus MC. She studies methods to improve human-robot performance for rehabilitation and assistive robots, through motor learning and optimization techniques. She completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, focusing on ankle exoskeletons for walking assistance.

21 May 2024 12:45 till 14:00

SHErobots Cafés: Soft Medical Robots & Soft Maritime Robots

SHErobots Cafés: Soft Medical Robots & Soft Maritime Robots 21 May 2024 12:45 till 14:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Main Hall | Add to my calendar Please note: SHErobots Cafés will consist of demos, talks, and Q&A from 12.45 – 14.00h with free lunch for registered guests in the Main Hall of the TU Delft Library (unless otherwise noted). Join Aimée Sakes (ME) & Jovana Jovanova (ME) to learn more about the design of physically flexible robotics used in maritime and surgical environments, defined by the inspiring researchers working on this topic here on campus. Demos: Surgical devices inspired by wasps , octopus , and shrimp . Joint Jigsaw. Miss this SHErobots Café? Watch a full recording of the event here: About the researchers Aimée Sakes is an assistant professor at the Biomechanical Engineering Department (BMechE – BITE group), where she earned both her MSc and PhD titles with honors. Additionally, she is board member of the Applied Sciences domain of the Dutch Research Council (NWO AES). In her research, she translates robust solutions from nature into smart mechanical systems for solving challenging problems in the medical world. Jovana Jovanova is assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Delft University of Technology. Her research is focused on large-scale adaptive metastructures, mechanisms and machines. She also develops model-based design frameworks for adaptive machines and large-scale soft robots.

27 May 2024 17:00 till 19:00

SHErobots Level Up: Film Workshop

SHErobots Level Up: Film Workshop 27 May 2024 17:00 till 19:00 - Location: RoboHouse, Julianalaan 67, Delft | Add to my calendar Register Prior to the outdoor cinema, level up your film knowledge in the workshop: ‘ Blade Runner (1982) vs. Blade Runner 2049 ’. Award-winning film, literature, and feminism professor emeritus from America and former visiting professor at Radboud, Dr. Mary McCay , will instruct you on the hero’s journey, film structure, and mise en scene analysis. Together we will examine clips from two films—interpretations of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? —and their portrayal of gender in a robotic future. Co-sponsored by the ASIMOV iRO (inclusivity in robotics) study association. We will have drinks, snacks, and plenty to discuss. No previous knowledge is necessary besides a love of cinema but it is recommended that you have seen the original Bladerunner (1982). About our guest professor Mary McCay trained as an Olympic swimmer, but gave it up because she could not read while swimming. Instead, she earned a B.A. (from Catholic University of America), M.A. (from Boston College), & Ph.D. in English (from Tufts University). She teaches American Literature, Film, Travel Writing and Irish Literature and is an emeritus professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She enjoys time in the Netherlands. In 2009, she was visiting Professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen. Dr. McCay also directed Loyola's Irish Studies Summer Program at Trinity College, Dublin; the Americans in Paris Program in Paris; and two exchange programs: Keele University in the UK and Radboud University in The Netherlands. Reading leads to writing, and her books, Rachel Carson and Ellen Gilchrist, are the result, as well as numerous articles on American literature and culture and Irish Literature and film. One day, she might swim the Channel. In the meantime, she received the Dux Academicus in 2004 and The Landrieu Distinguished Teaching Professor in 2006. She has also served as Interim Dean.

30 May 2024 19:00 till 22:00

SHErobots Outdoor Cinema: Blade Runner 2049

SHErobots Outdoor Cinema: Blade Runner 2049 30 May 2024 19:00 till 22:00 - Location: TU Delft Library, Rooftop | Add to my calendar Join the students of Asimov , the TU Delft Robotics Study Association for the annual outdoor cinema on the green roof. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. We will conclude the SHErobots programme and study year with a robotics-themed film screening of Bladerunner 2049 (2017). The film touches on many of the themes of the program and won two Oscars for cinematography and special effects. Please note: Library green roof is free and open to the TU community Seating is first come, first serve and ticket will be required. Bring your own blanket and refreshments. Rain date will be Friday, 31 May. For disabilities accommodation, please contact: Events-library[at]tudelft.nl The film and evening will have a critical introduction by Dr. Mary McCay , an award-winning literature & film emeritus professor from Loyola University New Orleans and former visiting professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen. The evening will begin early with an interactive quiz by the students of the ASIMOV iRo committee, helping us consider inclusivity in robotics. Programme: 19:00 ASIMOV iRo trivia 19:15 Welcome by Library 19:20 Introduction to film, Dr. Mary McCay 19.30 Start film, Bladerunner 2049 22.00 End In collaboration with:

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