What's it like to be an #artist working in the world of #robotics? For Emma Powell of Air Giants, it's an opportunity to break down the barriers between creativity, the arts, and technology.

Publication alert! "Softly Non-Spoken..." was presented ACM CHI Conference this month. We loved working with BristolRoboticsLab, @alison_o and Katherine Broomfield to imagine future alternative communication tools - hopefully nearer than you think! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…… Brigstow Institute

'Squeeze Me' is irresistible! We hope you can see it at a light festival near you this year. Here are some people LOVING communing with the robotic creatures amongst the trees at Weston's fabulous GLOW 2024. *SQUIDGE!* Photos are by the best-in-the-biz Paul Blakemore 📸

We are so very excited to announce the first exhibition theme for the opening of our new immersive gallery, Undershed. Read about the theme and sign up to updates here - we'll be opening in October! watershed.co.uk/news/announcin…

It's been one year since we were in HK with Unfurl! The warm days and dark nights felt like a perfect environment for our vivid living plants. Many thanks to Tai Kwun for being such fabulous exhibiting partners 🎈 @WithoutWallsUK Norfolk & Norwich Festival @timber_festival Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

We're bringing our smallest and mightiest robot vine - Sprout, to APERIODIC festival of math, Physics and Arts. 📍 Where: KIT FORM, underneath Jamaica Street Studio's, Stoke Croft ⌛ When: 1st - 14th July ⏱ Time: 12noon - 8pm / 4pm on Sundays buff.ly/3VGCH05

And we're OPEN! We've made a lot of new friends while we've been closed, running activities in schools and at events across the city, but it's just wonderful to have our building back. To hear it come alive again with the sound of people having a great time is just magic. 🌈🚀

We're so excited to see Sprout set up at the APERIODIC Festival in Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol, for the next two weeks. Discover the magic and math behind Sprout with the Air Giants Q&A July 14th, 2-4 p.m. #Innovation #RobotClub buff.ly/3XPEcM7

When you spend a day filming with a giant inflatable robot attached to a dancer and you’re not quite sure how you ended up here 🤔😃 #mysltday #research #augcomm #aac #create2innovate #softrobotics Air Giants BristolRoboticsLab Neon Dance Bristol_SLTRU CSHCR Cardiff Met

Yesterday at the Air Giants workshop, we held a test day that felt really special. A collaborative project with Bristol Digital Future Institute at the University of Bristol and Neon Dance - we've been working on wearable inflatable robotics with dancers. It's blowing even our minds!

We're obsessed with re-creating a feeling of things being alive. This week's workshop tinkering was a 3D-printed hand with puppet joints for actuation. It's reminding us of #Boxtroll hands - which we absolutely LOVE.

To recognise & respond to the lack of artist diversity at festivals of light art, we are excited to launch ILLUMINE, a light art commissioning opportunity for black & person of colour artists. Deadline 6th September. lightupthenorth.com/illumine-2024/ #ArtistCallOut #ArtistOpportunities

Luma is set to visit Newcastle for #ScienceWeek 2025 at Life Science Centre. Encounter LUMA, our giant robotic snail, explore inflatable crafts, and discover the fusion of arts, tech, and air as innovation tools for the future! #ScienceWeek2025 #RobotClub #innovativeTech #Inflatables

We're excited to show the world our latest installation, HOTHOUSE: a garden of six giant botanical specimens. Visit these larger-than-life robotic plants at their V&A Museum premiere as part of BUILD family festival, Saturday 28th Sep, 11 - 4pm buff.ly/4gDdEou

Super excited to take Squeeze Me to @electricmedway this weekend! The programme looks amazing, kicking off this Thursday and culminating on Sunday 27th, for the Illusions of Nature festival. buff.ly/3YghJGr

Check out our training for current/future Living Lab members who want to learn how working with art/artists can result in more inclusivity, empowerment + innovation: bit.ly/45Xl6Wr Video: Air Giants visiting one of our Creative Cuppas to test their inflatable robots!

We're celebrating fireworks night with a bang at The Lapstone Pub! Very excited to be introducing the fine folks of Eastleigh to Luma, our 9-meter-long snail. She can't wait to say hello! buff.ly/40f6v7Q

We’re pleased to announce that St Mary Redcliffe will host a prestigious new installation as part of Bristol Light Festival festival (31 January - 7 February): a world premiere of 'The Whilers', by robotics studio Air Giants . More info here: buff.ly/3akKiuJ