In her talk, Angelina explores how our ideas about robots have long been shaped by fear, control, and domination. Drawing on science fiction, mythology, and personal experience, she argues that the stories we tell about machines often create a cycle in which fear leads to control, and control deepens fear.
She then offers a different model. Instead of seeing robots as either servants or threats, Angelina asks what becomes possible when humans and machines move with one another rather than trying to dominate one another. Through her interactive robotic artwork I/Another, she shows how relation, responsiveness, and mutual adjustment can create a more open and alive form of interaction.
Her talk is ultimately a call to rethink technology itself. Rather than building systems around obedience, prediction, and control, Angelina invites us to imagine technologies grounded in relation, where intelligence emerges through interaction and where humans and machines can create something together that neither could create alone.
Angelina Kozhevnikova is known for her transdisciplinary work at the intersection of art, research, and robotics. Through her studio Animaspace, she creates interactive robotic installations and performances that invite people to experience alternative technological futures and question dominant narratives around AI and automation.
Her artistic practice centers on embodiment, presence, and how humans and machines act together. In parallel, she researches Human–Robot Collaboration at TU Delft, focusing on how humans and robotic systems can work together in complex, real-world contexts. Her work has been exhibited internationally and supported by major Dutch and European cultural, societal, and academic institutions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
