Selected talk, exhibition and publication
Publication
Wang, KJ, Zheng, C.Y., Mao, Zhi-Hong (2019) Human-Centered, Ergonomic Wearable Device with Computer Vision Augmented Intelligence for VR Multimodal Human-Smart Home Object Interaction, 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), p767-768, DOI: 10.1109/HRI.2019.8673156
Zheng, C.Y., (2019) Soft grippers not only grasp fruits: From affective to psychotropic HRI, 2019 Convention of Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), link
Zheng, C.Y., Liao, C. (2019) Psychotropic Interior in: Brooker., G., Harriss H., Walker K.(Eds.), Interior Futures, Volume 1, p164-175. Crucible Press, USA
Zheng, C. Y. (2018) ‘Affective Touch with Soft Robotic Actuators – A Design Toolkit for Personalised Affective Communication’, in Workshop: Reshaping Touch Communication: An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 21 April 2018 Montreal, link
Zheng C.Y. (2017) Machinising Humans and Humanising Machines: Emotional Relationships Mediated by Technology and Material Experience. In: Broadhurst S., Price S. (eds) Digital Bodies. p111-127, Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London, link
Zheng, C. Y. (2017) Building sentimental machines with people – anticipating the future of our affective relations with sensual robotics, the Anticipation Conference. 8-10 Nov 2017, London, UK, link
McLean, K., Zheng, C.Y., Rhyn, C.V. (2016) Being relational: entering the world of sensory & embodied communication design, Workshop during Design Research Society Conference, 28 June, Brighton, UK, link
Talk and presentation
Sentimental Machines: Affective experience enabled by soft robotic interfaces, in Robot & Art Forum, the International Conference Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2018, Brisbon. (invitation)
Synthetic touch for affective communication, Lightening Talks in Inter/sections 2017, the Art Pavilion, Mile End Park., London (invitation)
Sentimental Soft Robotics as Companion Artefacts, Doctoral presentation in Symposium, 4th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO17), 28-30 June, London, UK
Exploring soft robotic artefacts as emotive agents, in STAR- 1st workshop on smart textiles and robotics, 10 Feb 2017, King’s College, London, UK (invitation)
Sentimental Robots, explore soft robotics as emotive agent, presentation in States of Flux – Soft robotics in arts and engineering, EU Robotics Week, 1 Dec 2016, Queen Mary University London, UK (invitation)
Silhouette of anxiety, patterns of emotion-practice with fashion design and quantified self for “extimacy”, presentation during Costume & Fashion in Context and Practice Symposium, 6 Dec 2016, University of Huddersfield, UK
Maker Breakfast presentation during Make:Shift conference by Craft Council, 11 Nov, 2016
Oct 2015, International Conference on Youth Mental Health (IAYMH), group presentation, Montreal, Canada
Workshop:
Creating a touching/hugging machine, During Athens Digital Arts Festival, 20 May 2017 (invitation), link
Extimacy! “Wear your heart on the sleeves?” why not the sofa or the curtains? During STATE of Emotion Festival, Berlin, 5 Nov 2016 (invitation), link
The Sentimental Soft Robotics, during AcrossRCA, 31 Oct – 4 Nov 2016, link
Imagining soft robotics and emotion, V&A Digital Learning Centre with E-Stitches, 8 Oct 2016
Being relational: entering the world of sensory & embodied communication design, with Claire Van Rhyn and Kate McLean, during Design Research Society Conference, 28 June, Brighton, link
MoodLab, with Kentish Town Health Centre, London, Sep – Nov 2015, a workshop to creatively track personal emotions and communicate via a textile project
Exhibition:
Wearable Companion & robotic jewellery, during Robot Late, the International Centre for Life, Newcastle, UK, Oct 2018 (invitation)
Robotic Jewelry, during Robot Late, Manchester Science Festival, Oct 2017 (invitation)
Emotive soft robotics, during STATE of Emotion Festival, Berlin, 3-5 Nov 2016 (invitation)
Emotive soft robotics, during exhibition Communicating the Intangible and London Design Festival, 17-24 Sep, RCA
“The Protocol”, film, in Are we human? – 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, May 2016
Tangible Emotions, Work-in-Progress Show, RCA, London, Jan 2016,
Silhouette of Anxiety, Patterns of Emotion, group exhibition, Victoria House, London, Feb 2015
April 2016, programable material & E-Textile workshop, International Metabody Forum, Brunel University, London
April 2016, presentation, Stitch Bitch Make/Perform, Digital Learning Centre, V&A Museum, London 2016,
Jan 2016, Tangible Emotions, Work-in-Progress Show, RCA, London
Oct 2015, International Conference on Youth Mental Health (IAYMH), group presentation, Montreal, Canada
Sep-Nov 2015, MoodLab on creative emotion tracking, series workshop, Kentish Town Health Centre, Londo
Jan 2015, Industry Insights: Fashioning the New Normal, workshop, London Design Museum
May 2014, Industry Insights: Design from bottom-up, workshop, London Design Museum
Apr 2014, Fashion, Garden & Sustainability, group exhibition, Garden Museum, London
June 2013 Spirit of Oslo, knitwear design group exhibition, Oslo
Review
Invited reviewer for:
Journal for Artistic Research 2020
International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) 2019
IEEE Workshop on Advance Robotics and its Social Impact (ARSO) 2019
ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) 2018
International Conference on Movement Computing (MOCO) 2017
Hackathon
LovePad, Winner team with Jack Armitage, Francisco Bernardo and Dr. Patricia Alessandrini, 17-18 Dec, Goldsmith University, London
Teaching
Visiting lecturer, co-leader of an elective program called #mood focusing on designing affective interaction, in the program of Information Experience Design, School of Communication, Royal College of Art, from 2018
Tutor, Pre-sessional course, Royal College of Art, July-Aug 2018
Visiting lecturer, on Soft Robotic Actuators for MRes Course, Royal College of Art, London, Jan, 2018
De-computation Emotion, co-leader of elective for MA Information Experience Design program students, the Royal College of Art. Selected projects have been exhibited during State of Emotion Festival, Berlin 3-5Nov 2016. Available at: http://www.statefestival.org/2016/program-entry/2016/de-computating-emotion
Curated events
Soft Machines: A cross-disciplinary conversation and pop-up exhibition on soft robotics, art&design, Lecture Theatre 1, RCA, 23 Nov 2016 https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/soft-machines/
Conversation: The potential of dynamic artefacts to communicate emotions, during exhibition Communicating the Intangible and during London Design Festival, 19 Sep 2016 RCA
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