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The Loeric Sessions: Reimagining Contemporary Folk with Rosie, Jamie and an AI performer
November 5, 2025
Written by Marco Amerotti On Wednesday 22nd of October 2025 we had the final performance of a six-month artist residency…
Welcome Alastair!
October 21, 2025
Alastair Howcroft is a PhD student in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. He recently joined…
The Entangled Thread: Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction through Textiles
October 15, 2025
Written by Helen Payne Beginning My PhD Journey in Somabotics I am thrilled to have joined the Somabotics team as…
Presenting Cat Royale
October 13, 2025
Written by Pepi Barnard I presented a talk ‘Charting the Ecosystem of Trust in Cat Royale: Or what it…
Welcome to Eray
October 13, 2025
Eray A. Baran joins us as a visiting Professor from Istanbul Bilgi University, where he serves as Assistant Professor…
A visit from Missy Cummings
October 8, 2025
Dr Missy Cummings is visiting the University of Nottingham tomorrow and has a busy schedule ahead. Missy is a Professor…
Soma Skins Toolkit
August 15, 2025
University of Nottingham Research Fellow Feng Zhou leads the Somabotics Soma Skins project. He recently ran a 3-day workshop at…
Somabotics attends UKAI
July 4, 2025
Last month members of the Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI team attended the third UKAI - an event that connects the…
Congratulations Rakesh!
June 23, 2025
Our visiting researcher, Rakesh Patibanda recently graduated, obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science at the Monash University…
Cat Royale: ‘Breakthroughs in Storytelling’
April 23, 2025
The Columbia University School of the Arts’ Digital Storytelling Lab (DSL) has selected Cat Royale as one of the recipients of…
The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast” – Benjamin Franklin
April 11, 2025
But what kind of roast would be appropriate if the host is entirely robotic? On Wednesday 12th March, Steve Benford…
LOERIC: When computers become performers
April 2, 2025
AI models that generate music are nothing new. But how can an AI agent perform music live with another human?…
How Artists Improvise and Provoke Robotics
March 25, 2025
Now available Open Access Authors: Steve Benford, Rachael Garrett, Eike Schneiders, Paul Tennent, Alan Chamberlain, Juan Avila, Pat Brundell…
Somabotics – at the Royal Society & Royal Academy of Engineering – Awards, AI, Robotics and the Humanities
March 21, 2025
Robots, Awards and AI The last couple of weeks has been an exciting time for the members of the…
TCT Asia 2025
March 20, 2025
Feng Zhou, Research Fellow in HCI & Additive Manufacturing recently attended TCT Asia 2025, Taking place at the National Exhibition…
Welcome to Kieran!
March 17, 2025
We are delighted to welcome Kieran Woodward to our Somabotics team. Kieran told us: "My research has always explored the…
LIMA (Living Media Art) annual international symposium on digital art preservation 20 & 21 March 2025
March 11, 2025
Transformation Digital Art is LI-MA's annual international symposium on the preservation of digital art. This year it will take place…
New paper – Somatic Safety: An Embodied Approach Towards Safe Human-Robot Interaction
March 10, 2025
"As robots enter the messy human world so the vital matter of safety takes on a fresh complexion with physical…
The cat is out of the bag!
March 10, 2025
Huge congratulations to our partners Blast Theory who were nominated and now feature in the Digital Culture Network Award Longlist…
PhD studentship in Soft Robotics and Wearables
February 12, 2025
At the Mixed Reality Laboratory, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham Closing date: 28th March 2025, interviews will take…
PhD studentship in AI for Feelings
February 12, 2025
At the Mixed Reality Laboratory, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham Closing date: 28th March 2025, interviews will take…