Creative Action at a Distance: A Conceptual Framework for Embodied Performance With Robotic Actors

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Abstract

Acting, stand-up and dancing are creative, embodied performances that nonetheless follow a script. Unless experimental or improvised, the performers draw their movements from much the same stock of embodied schemas. A slavish following of the script leaves no room for creativity, but active interpretation of the script does. It is the choices one makes, of words and actions, that make a performance creative. In this theory and hypothesis article, we present a framework for performance and interpretation within robotic storytelling. The performance framework is built upon movement theory, and defines a taxonomy of basic schematic movements and the most important gesture types. For the interpretation framework, we hypothesise that emotionally-grounded choices can inform acts of metaphor and blending, to elevate a scripted performance into a creative one. Theory and hypothesis are each grounded in empirical research, and aim to provide resources for other robotic studies of the creative use of movement and gestures.

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Wicke, P., & Veale, T. (2021). Creative Action at a Distance: A Conceptual Framework for Embodied Performance With Robotic Actors. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.662182

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