From function to expression – rethinking industrial robots


  

    
    
  

  

    Location
    AATB Studio, Zurich
  

  

    Guests
    Andrea Anner & Thibault Brevet
  



    Interviewer
    Riva Pinto

Podcast

"From function to expression – rethinking industrial robots"

Context

The artist duo AATB – Andrea Anner and Thibault Brevet – works with industrial robots that are not used for efficiency or optimizing tasks, but as active agents in space. In their installations, machines move through performative scenarios, respond to their surroundings, and challenge our conventional ideas of technology.

This episode explores their artistic approach to robotics – playful systems, unexpected interactions, and new perspectives on the relationship between humans and machines.

AATB: https://www.aatb.ch

One of many robots in the studio of AATB in Zurich
The playful robotic installation Soap Opera creating soap bubbles. Image: AATB
The installation void avoid (return nothing) consists of two circular screens mounted on industrial robotic arms form the restless eyes of a melancholic artificial entity. Image: AATB