Artist, Artificial Intelligence Engineer & Award-Winning Robot Choreographer; Led First Multi-Robot Machine Learning Project at Google X; CEO of Consumer AI Startup "Zenie"
Catie Cuan Biography
Dr. Catie Cuan is an artist, engineer and robot choreographer whose work examines the aesthetics, implications and unintended consequences of integrating artificial intelligence with robotics. Cuan operates at the intersection of AI, human-robot interaction, and the arts, contributing to the emerging field of choreorobotics.
Cuan holds a doctorate and a master's degree in robotics and artificial intelligence from Stanford University, where she serves as a postdoctoral researcher leading art and robotics initiatives at the Stanford Robotics Center. Her doctoral research received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Google, and Stanford University. During her doctoral studies, Cuan led the first multi-robot machine learning project at Everyday Robots (Google X) and Robotics at Google, now part of Google DeepMind.
Cuan has completed artistic residencies at institutions including the Smithsonian, the Exploratorium, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Everyday Robots (Google X), TED, and ThoughtWorks Arts. She has developed works with a range of robots, from the ABB IRB 6700 industrial robot to the IDEO + Moooi tabletop robot. In "Breathless: Catie and the Robot," a contemporary interpretation of the American workday, Cuan performed with a robot in New York for eight hours.
Cuan has delivered keynote addresses at events such as TED, SXSW, and the WIRED 30th Anniversary, and has lectured at academic institutions including the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Brown University. She is a TED Global speaker, an International Strategy Forum fellow at Schmidt Futures, and an Obama Foundation USA Leader.
Catie Cuan Videos
Catie Cuan: Next up for AI? Dancing robots
Would you tango with a robot? Inviting us into the fascinating world of dancing machines, robot choreographer Catie Cuan highlights why teaching...
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