Special Act
Robots
Robot Entertainment for Your Event
The question is not “man or machine”, only teaming up with robots and artificial intelligence will lead to success in the digital future. And in the best-case scenario, it will even make us more human.
Find out more about my “Robotainment” and how it came about on this page.
Since I began specializing my show on the topic of digitalization as a “media magician” over 15 years ago, a lot has changed in German companies. The initial lag compared to the rest of the world was quickly made up. Then artificial intelligence emerged as a major focal point.
The “next big thing” is the combination of robotics and artificial intelligence. This is often referred to as physical AI or spatial AI.
In the future, we will naturally live and work alongside machines, both in our personal and professional lives. So far, I have chosen a robotic gripper for my show. After all, intelligent machines are tools and should look like them.
Why I’ve decided against a humanoid robot so far: Although the Berlin University of Applied Sciences, where I graduated in 2008, now offers a degree program in “Humanoid Robotics,” I remain skeptical of robots in this form—at least when it comes to having them in our private lives. The goal can only be to integrate intelligent technology into our daily lives as unobtrusively as possible. Do we really want robots that are just like humans? For me, the best robot is one that performs clear tasks precisely and derives its form from that task. A gripper arm is honest. It doesn’t promise to be human. A machine should do what it was built to do, so that we humans can do what we were made to do.
Note: The robot show lasts about 8 minutes and can be extended by up to 30 minutes with the regular program. A surcharge will be levied due to higher costs. A little more space is also required on the stage. Transportation can only be provided by car and is therefore dependent on the tour schedule. However, a practical version with the same content is, in abstract form, part of every website.
Development
From the trade fair to the trade audience
As I present my robot entertainment to a specialist audience, I didn’t take my inspiration from science fiction or the Tesla bot“Optimus”, but went to the Hannover Messe, one of the largest exhibitions of robots for industry. The “Cobotta” from Denso Robotics seemed ideal for my robot show, because in addition to functionality, practicality also plays a major role at the events where I perform. I started learning how to program the robot and worked with specialists to build props for special effects that give the Cobotta magical properties.
The original inspiration to create magic with a robot at events came during a trip on a cruise ship. There, two robots mixed cocktails fully automatically, which you could configure beforehand on a touch screen. This combination of technology and entertainment fascinated me so much that I came up with the idea of my own show with a robot. The same shipping company uses huge monitors in its theaters as a variable stage set, which are also whirled through the air by robots and thus become part of an impressive tech show. The movements are so perfectly choreographed that even such huge machines can have an aesthetic effect if they are staged correctly. As is so often the case, such ships are ahead of their time and a perfect source of inspiration for new forms of corporate entertainment.
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