The project

1 SoBA

6

1

Designer

Two scientists and a programmer

iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaners

Winner

A Popularity Contest in the Robotic Petting Zoo

Come to our Robotic Petting Zoo and get a chance to feed your favorite robot!

Visit our temporary Robotic Petting Zoo in the Hunterian Museum and see what Dutch designer Merel Bekking has created with University of Glasgow’s Social Brain in Action (SoBA) lab. In this interactive public art performance, a small group of vacuuming robots, all with unique characters, compete in a popularity contest. Come and feed the robots, follow their lives and personalities online and through social media, and root for your favourite one to win the contest.

When: British Science Festival
September 14

18:00 - 22:00

Where: Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square,
Hull,
HU1 3RA

This is a free event.

This project has been made possible by the financial support of ESRC Impact Acceleration Award Creative-Practitioner in Residence programme and the School of Psychology, Glasgow.

Follow our robots live!

As soon as our robots are at work, you can follow their lives here online! See how they interact, watch how they get fed and see which one is the most popular.

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