October 5, 2026Assistant Professor Stacy Hsueh recently travelled to NordiCHI, one of the leading international conferences in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), bringing together…
October 2, 2026The Turing AI Fellowship 'Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI' was proud to host the Fourth UK AI conference at the Hilton…- October 1, 2026Professor Steve Benford has been invited to deliver an opening keynote address at the WASP-HS Conference: AI for Humanity and…
September 18, 2026Somabotics PhD candidate Helen Payne attended the Doctoral Consortium for Textile Intersections at Imperial College London's Dyson School of Design…
September 14, 2026Somabotics Associate Professor Maria Elena Giannaccini and PhD researcher Charles Kaune are developing an innovative soft robotic wearable device designed…- September 2, 2026Associate Professor Maria Elena Giannaccini will lead the Early Career Researcher Forum at the RehabTech Together event on 16 September…
August 26, 2026To mark the 40th anniversary of the iconic science fiction film Aliens, Professor Steve Benford was invited to contribute an…- July 16, 2026Written by Mostafa Mohamed On June 30th and July 1st, I attended the ARIA Robot Locomotion Workshop in York. The…
July 15, 2026Last week, PhD student Helen Payne presented her research at Nottingham Trent University's ReFashioning Futures Conference, exploring how wearable technologies…- July 13, 2026Our team is taking an active role at the ACM Creativity & Cognition Conference 2026, taking place this week at…
July 9, 2026In May, I was delighted to be invited by the Turing AI Fellowship 'Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI' to visit Nottingham…- July 2, 2026Somabotics Research Fellow Kieran Woodward was invited to Florence last month to take part in the Movement, Music and Brain…
June 18, 2026This month, Research Associate Rachael Garrett submitted her doctoral thesis, “Somatic Freedoms: Reconfiguring Human-Machine Ethical Relations,” to the Department of…
June 15, 2026It has been a busy few months for AI LENS, with new funding, international collaborations, public engagement projects, and growing…- June 10, 2026Dr Alan Chamberlain, who leads the Somabotics Robo-Humanities theme, is collaborating with award-winning artist, researcher, and creative educator Rachel Jacobs…
June 10, 2026Back in October 2025, Marco Amerotti, who leads the Somabotics Traditionable Machines project, met Laszlo Rozsa—Assistant Professor and Director of…
May 21, 2026Franka robots have found their way into concert halls, museums, galleries, and stages around the world — not as machines,…- April 17, 2026Last month Somabotics hosted 13 students from the University of Limerick who travelled from Dublin to Nottingham and then on…
April 15, 2026Members of the Somabotics Garden project team are preparing for a visit to the Beany House of Art & Knowledge…
April 15, 2026Richard Ramchurn recently ran a workshop at the Virtual and Immersive Production (VIP) Studio, University of Nottingham, to test a…
March 26, 2026The Pamper Factory project ran a second workshop on the 26th of February in the Cobot Maker Space, University of…- March 25, 2026Last week we ran a workshop “Methodological Innovation in Designing Sensations and Sentiments from Robot Touch” at the 21st Annual…
- March 12, 2026Members of the Somabotics AI LENS project recently hosted an experimental workshop with researchers from Auckland University of Technology (AUT)…
- March 2, 2026Following the success of January’s co‑design workshop, the Somabotics Garden team are running a second session on the 4th of…
- February 16, 2026Different Bodies: Staging Bodies Dancing with Robots The Different Bodies team met earlier this month to continue dancing with robots…
- February 10, 2026Transforming Early Years Play Through Soft Robotics The first Garden Co‑Design Workshop was held on the 21st of January, and…
- January 16, 2026Dafydd Sills Jones, Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology visited the Virtual Immersive Production (VIP) Studio towards the end…
January 14, 2026Towards the end of 2025 we were delighted to host two visiting researchers to bring new perspectives to our work.…
January 8, 2026On 10–11 December 2025, we were delighted to host a visit from Air Giants in the Cobot Maker Space. Air…
January 8, 2026Members of the Somabotics Fellowship will lead a workshop on Creative AI for Live Interactive Performances, at the 40th Annual…- November 24, 2025That’s the question driving our Somabotics soft robotics team as they explore how technology can create new forms of connection. On…
- November 5, 2025Written by Marco Amerotti On Wednesday 22nd of October 2025 we had the final performance of a six-month artist residency…
- October 21, 2025Alastair Howcroft is a PhD student in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. He recently joined…
- October 15, 2025Written by Helen Payne Beginning My PhD Journey in Somabotics I am thrilled to have joined the Somabotics team as…
- October 13, 2025Written by Pepi Barnard I presented a talk ‘Charting the Ecosystem of Trust in Cat Royale: Or what it…
- October 13, 2025Eray A. Baran joins us as a visiting Professor from Istanbul Bilgi University, where he serves as Assistant Professor…
October 8, 2025Dr Missy Cummings is visiting the University of Nottingham tomorrow and has a busy schedule ahead. Missy is a Professor…
August 15, 2025University of Nottingham Research Fellow Feng Zhou leads the Somabotics Soma Skins project. He recently ran a 3-day workshop at…- July 4, 2025Last month members of the Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI team attended the third UKAI - an event that connects the…
- June 23, 2025Our visiting researcher, Rakesh Patibanda recently graduated, obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science at the Monash University…
April 23, 2025The Columbia University School of the Arts’ Digital Storytelling Lab (DSL) has selected Cat Royale as one of the recipients of…
April 11, 2025But what kind of roast would be appropriate if the host is entirely robotic? On Wednesday 12th March, Steve Benford…- April 2, 2025AI models that generate music are nothing new. But how can an AI agent perform music live with another human?…
- March 25, 2025Now available Open Access Authors: Steve Benford, Rachael Garrett, Eike Schneiders, Paul Tennent, Alan Chamberlain, Juan Avila, Pat Brundell…
- March 21, 2025Robots, Awards and AI The last couple of weeks has been an exciting time for the members of the…
- March 20, 2025Feng Zhou, Research Fellow in HCI & Additive Manufacturing recently attended TCT Asia 2025, Taking place at the National Exhibition…
- March 17, 2025We are delighted to welcome Kieran Woodward to our Somabotics team. Kieran told us: "My research has always explored the…
March 11, 2025Transformation Digital Art is LI-MA's annual international symposium on the preservation of digital art. This year it will take place…
March 10, 2025"As robots enter the messy human world so the vital matter of safety takes on a fresh complexion with physical…- March 10, 2025Huge congratulations to our partners Blast Theory who were nominated and now feature in the Digital Culture Network Award Longlist…
