Remote Collaborative Design Research
COllaborative Experimentations with Drawing RobotS (2015-2020)
Cat Normoyle (Assistant Professor, East Carolina University and I practice a critical and speculative approach to design making and research. Our research uses present technologies to speculate future possibilities for remote design collaboration, where interactions and exchanges are limited to those mediated by technological devices.
The robots are our drawing instruments we control in real time through an online interface. Drawing with the robots is a way for us to learn the limitations and abilities of the tool; with each use, a range of opportunities for future development surfaces. The process is prioritized over the outcomes by utilizing prompts that challenge the abilities of the tool and by operating under unexpectedness, surprise, and experimentation.