New York Observer | Research Affiliate Alexander Reben’s “Robots in Residence”

OpenDocLab Research Affiliate Alexander Reben’s robot filmmaker Boxie will be appearing in the Tribeca Film Institute’s upcoming Storyscapes exhibition as “Robots in Residence.” According to the New York Observer,

A considerably more adorable Storyscape is the director-less Robots in Residence, created by “robot artist” Alexander Reben and filmmaker Brent Hoff. Here, the robots themselves—described by a Tribeca spokesperson as a cross between “a baby seal and Wall-E”—provide the feedback loop. They ask visitors questions, and the humans can, in turn, “direct” the robots’ eye-cams where they should look. This collaborative process between human and A.I. is then entered into a long-form documentary film that is Robots in Residence.

The full article is available through the Observer.