Timeline
February
2026

Different Bodies Dancing with Robots Workshop (placeholder image credit: Jay Gearing | Red 7 Productions)
Different Bodies: Staging Bodies Dancing with Robots The Different Bodies team met earlier this month to continue dancing with robots in the Cobot Maker Space at the University of Nottingham. Researchers from the Somabotics Fellowship – Rachael Garrett, Steve Benford, and Stacy Hseuh – met with Kate Marsh from Coventry University and choreographic partner Welly O’Brien for two and half days of research explorations. Read more.
January
2026
January
2026
November
2025
October
2025

The Loeric Sessions: Reimaging Contemporary Folk with Rosie, Jamie and an AI performer
An evening with Rosie and Jamie Rutherford performing music with, and sharing tales of Loeric at the Recital Hall, School of Music, University of Nottingham
October
2025
July
2025
March
2025

Somatic Safety: An Embodied Approach Towards Safe Human-Robot Interaction
The paper was presented by Professor Paul Tennent (Associate Professor, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham) at the HRI conference “Robots for a Sustainable World”, in Melbourne, Australia, March 2025.













