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Dances with robots to imagine and design new interactions with technology.
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Catie Cuan is a performer and roboticist, she combines her love of dance and STEM to teach robots how to dance!⠀Her installations and performances with robots have been shown around the world, giving thousands of audience members a chance to see robots as friendly and beautiful characters.
Her work has been featured on the PBS Newshour, CBS Mission Unstoppable and in a TED Talk, titled “Teaching Robots How to Dance”.⠀
She is currently a PhD Candidate in the Mechanical Engineering department at Stanford University, where she makes and studies new robots and haptic devices.