The exhibition “Robots love Music” of Museum Speelklok shows how music-playing robots have evolved from a long tradition of self-moving machines. They are sophisticated performers that enable new ways of creating and enjoying music. On September 21 (17.00-18.30h), Transmission in Motion and Museum Speelklok organize the symposium Robotic Musicianship with Gil Weinberg and David Abbink.  …

  “All the world’s a stage”, Shakespeare famously claimed, “and all the men and women merely players”. Today, we witness new species of players entering the world-stage as social robots are becoming increasingly part of the performance of everyday life and work. Social robots are robots that perform in situations with humans and often in…