Amy LaViers
Choreographing the Space Between Humans and Machines amylaviers.com At the intersection of robotics and dance , Amy LaViers moves fluidly between code and choreography — exploring how motion, emotion, and intention translate between human and machine. As a researcher, educator, and artist , Amy’s work redefines what it means to move with technology . Her recent article, “Robots and Dance” , published in the Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems , maps the growing dialogue between embodied art and engineering. In her new textbook, Making Meaning with Machines (MIT Press), Amy introduces the emerging field of choreobotics — a framework for understanding how movement creates meaning across humans, robots, and everything in between. Through her work at the RAD Lab ( the-rad-lab.org ), Amy and her collaborators design systems that help machines sense emotion, gesture, and presence. She’s currently leading efforts to build AI infrastructure for the National Science Foundation , deepening our understanding of perception and human motion ( read more ).