{"product_id":"making-meaning-with-machines-isbn-9780262546126","title":"Making Meaning with Machines","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rigorous primer in movement studies for designers, engineers, and scientists that draws on the fields of dance and robotics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow should a gestural interface react to a “flick” versus a “dab”? Versus a “punch”? Should robots reach out to a human counterpart with a direct, telescoping action or through a circuitous arc in space? Just as different movements express the different internal states of human movers, so too can the engineered systems behind robots. In \u003ci\u003eMaking Meaning with Machines\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire offer a refreshingly embodied approach to machine design that supports the growing need to make meaning with machines by using the field of movement studies, including choreography, somatics, and notation, to engage in the process of designing expressive robots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon the Laban\/Bartenieff tradition, LaViers and Maguire sharpen the movement analysis methodology, expanding the material through their work with machines and putting forward new conventions, such as capitalization, naming, and notation schemes, that make the embodied work more legible for academic contexts. The book includes an overview of movement studies, exercises that define the presented taxonomy and principles of movement, case studies in movement analysis of both humans and robots, and state-of-the-art research at the intersection of robotics and dance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Meaning with Machines\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed primer for observing, describing, and creating a wide array of movement patterns, which ultimately can help facilitate broader and better design choices for roboticists, technologists, and designers.Preface ix \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xvii \u003cbr\u003eElectronic Resources xix \u003cbr\u003ePrelude: Opening with Embodied Perspectives 1 \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Inviting Engineers into Movement Studies 3 \u003cbr\u003eI Making Meaning through Movement \u003cbr\u003e1 Noticing Movement: Meaning, Measurement, and Experience 27 \u003cbr\u003e2 Studying Movement: Somatics, Choreography, and Notation 47 \u003cbr\u003e3 Constructing Movement: Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban\/Bartenieff Lens 63 \u003cbr\u003eII Describing Movement with an Embodied Taxonomy: The BESST System \u003cbr\u003e4 What Is Moving? The Interconnection of Body Parts and Action (Body) 85 \u003cbr\u003e5 Where Is the Movement? Spatial Fiducials for Movement (Space) 113 \u003cbr\u003e6 When Is the Movement Happening? The Temporal Perception of Movement (Time) 139 \u003cbr\u003e7 For Whom Is the Movement? The Relationship between Mover and Environment (Shape) 165\u003cbr\u003e8 How Is the Movement Executed? Movement Quality Enables Shading of Motion (Effort) 185 \u003cbr\u003eIII Translating Movement to Machines \u003cbr\u003e9 Deconstructing Movement: Case Studies in Expression (Answering “Why?”) 209 \u003cbr\u003e10 Notating Movement: Advanced Analysis through Symbolic Representation 243\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Understanding Movement 283 \u003cbr\u003eOutro: Returning to Embodied Perspectives 293 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Symbols in the BESST System 297 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Movement Scales 311 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Effort Configurations 323 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix D: Rationale for the Time Component 327 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix E: Pedagogy and Group Work 329 \u003cbr\u003eGlossary 339 \u003cbr\u003eNotes 359 \u003cbr\u003eReferences 367 \u003cbr\u003eIndex 383“Dance artists LaViers and Maguire take readers on a fascinating scholarly tour of human movement and offer a compelling program for roboticists, technologists, and designers seeking fresh perspectives on human-machine interaction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By capturing both the appearance of movement and its meaning through novel notation, LaViers and Maguire ask us to actually \u003ci\u003emove\u003c\/i\u003e and use that movement to innovate computational movement analysis and robotic design.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Thanassis Rikakis, Dean and Professor, Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“LaViers and Maguire bring their deep choreographic knowledge of dance to those who want to ‘make robots dance.’ By moving towards fundamental \u003ci\u003efelt\u003c\/i\u003e meaning-making processes, better robot interactions can be designed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kristina Höök, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; author of\u003ci\u003e Designing with the Body: Somaesthetic Interaction Design\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy LaViers\u003c\/b\u003e works at the intersection of robotics and dance. Her work has been presented in arts, engineering, and science venues, including \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, Merce Cunningham’s studios, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, the Performance Arcade, Berkeley, Princeton, and Georgia Tech. She runs the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit for art-making, commercialization, education, outreach, and research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine (Cat) Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e is a movement educator and dance artist. She has been teaching in the Laban\/Bartenieff Movement System for over 40 years and works as a faculty member of WholeMovement, a coterie of movement analysts working together to promote movement studies globally. She also teaches ongoing movement classes designed to foster self-expression and body connectivity at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300719939813,"sku":"NP9780262546126","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546126.jpg?v=1767732164","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/making-meaning-with-machines-isbn-9780262546126","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}