Nicholas Stedman Machines for Social Circumstance

Machines for Social Circumstance is a collection of robots realized as technical drawings, prototypes and finished works. Though formally distinct from human beings and other animals, these machines elicit a sense of the living through the physical processes they perform, be it kinetic, sensual or cultural. Included in this exhibition is The Blanket Project, a robotic blanket that physically engages the audience, and Triad, a series of three-legged robots that roam throughout the gallery.