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Combining technology and art
An industrial robot is one of the main actors in a play at the Staatstheater Augsburg, which audiences can watch from home as a 360-degree production using virtual reality goggles. Man and machine dance together on the virtual ballet stage.
Gabriela Zorzete Finardi from the Augsburg State Theater
© Jan-Pieter FuhrThe 'KR Iontec' from Kuka is normally used in industrial production for tasks such as welding, palletizing or assembly. But now the robot is on loan to the Staatstheater Augsburg to interact with 17 dancers on a theater stage. The focus of the production is on human-machine interaction, with technical programming juxtaposed with human consciousness.
The premiere is on September 10, 2021, from which day 'kinesphere' will be available to order. As an innovative ballet experience, the piece is part of the Augsburg State Theater's virtual reality productions. The VR glasses will be delivered to audiences' homes across Germany. Viewers can immerse themselves in the 360-degree performance from their sofa at home.
This is not the first time that Kuka industrial robots have been used in the cultural scene outside of production halls. The Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, for example, combines the fields of art, technology and society. Among other things, the 'Creative Robotics' exhibition - a collaboration with Kuka - showcased industrial robots outside of the factory halls and explored them as a tool for creative expression.
In 2019, the choreographer and dancer Huang Yi danced with a 'KR Cybertech' during a festival in Düsseldorf. And at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, a Kuka robot used a quill and ink to write Hebrew letters on a roll of paper around 80 meters long at the speed of human handwriting as part of an art installation.
Rehearsals for 'kinesphere' at the Staatstheater Augsburg
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