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Informationen zum Autor Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire Klappentext "Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"-- Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung A rigorous primer in movement studies for designers, engineers, and scientists that draws on the fields of dance and robotics. How should a gestural interface react to a “flick” versus a “dab”? Versus a “punch”? Should robots reach out to a human counterpart with a direct, telescoping action or through a circuitous arc in space? Just as different movements express the different internal states of human movers, so too can the engineered systems behind robots. In Making Meaning with Machines , Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire offer a refreshingly embodied approach to machine design that supports the growing need to make meaning with machines by using the field of movement studies, including choreography, somatics, and notation, to engage in the process of designing expressive robots. Drawing upon the Laban/Bartenieff tradition, LaViers and Maguire sharpen the movement analysis methodology, expanding the material through their work with machines and putting forward new conventions, such as capitalization, naming, and notation schemes, that make the embodied work more legible for academic contexts. The book includes an overview of movement studies, exercises that define the presented taxonomy and principles of movement, case studies in movement analysis of both humans and robots, and state-of-the-art research at the intersection of robotics and dance. Making Meaning with Machines is a much-needed primer for observing, describing, and creating a wide array of movement patterns, which ultimately can help facilitate broader and better design choices for roboticists, technologists, and designers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Electronic Resources xix Prelude: Opening with Embodied Perspectives 1 Introduction: Inviting Engineers into Movement Studies 3 I Making Meaning through Movement 1 Noticing Movement: Meaning, Measurement, and Experience 27 2 Studying Movement: Somatics, Choreography, and Notation 47 3 Constructing Movement: Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens 63 II Describing Movement with an Embodied Taxonomy: The BESST System 4 What Is Moving? The Interconnection of Body Parts and Action (Body) 85 5 Where Is the Movement? Spatial Fiducials for Movement (Space) 113 6 When Is the Movement Happening? The Temporal Perception of Movement (Time) 139 7 For Whom Is the Movement? The Relationship between Mover and Environment (Shape) 165 8 How Is the Movement Executed? Movement Quality Enables Shading of Motion (Effort) 185 III Translating Movement to Machines 9 Deconstructing Movement: Case Studies in Expression (Answering “Why?”) 209 10 Notating Movement: Advanced Analysis through Symbolic Representation 243 Conclusion: Understanding Movement 283 Outro: Returning to Embodied Perspectives 293 Appendix A: Symbols in the BESST System 297 Appendix B: Movement Scales 311 Appendix C: Effort Configurations 323 Appendix D: Rationale for the Time Component 327 Appendix E: Pedagogy and Group Work 329 Glossary 339 Notes 359 References 367 Index 383...
