The Misbehavior of Animated Objects – Workshop at TEI2014 – EnsadLab & MIT MediaLab

nıs·behavıøural objects | ENSAD › MIT | Febr 2014
Misbehavioural objects
welcome!
ENSADLABs DIIP + SOCIABLE MEDIA with MIT MediaLab TMG

Misbehavioural objects
The Workshop “The Misbehavior of Animated Objects” and the MisB Kit
was developed for the TEI 2014 conference in relationship to the
MIT Medialab–Tangible Media Group; initiated by
EnsadLab/ Reflective Interaction (program under the direction of
Samuel Bianchini), with Emanuele Quinz, Cécile Bucher, Benoît Verjat
and Alexandre Saunier; and
EnsadLab/ Sociable Media (Program under the direction of
Rémy Bourganel), with Émeline Brulé and Max Mollon; in collaboration
with Didier Bouchon, Martin Gautron; with the participation of
Jean-Baptiste Labrune and Nicolas Nova; and with the support of the
Bettencourt Schueller Foundation.
• http://www.tei-conf.org/14/studios.php#s9
• http://misbehaviour.ensadlab.fr
• http://diip.ensadlab.fr/fr/projets/article/the-misb-kit

practicalities
Breaks, 10:15-10:45, 12:00-13:00, 15:00-15:30
Studios reception 18:00-21:00
Misbehaviour dinner @ Löwenbräukeller, 20:30
Documentation, video/photo authorisation
Tables assistance, sw install + workshop support

share your experience
Twitter #tei2014 + #misbehaviours
Workshop documentation:
http://misbehaviour.ensadlab.fr/

nıs·behavıøural objects | ENSAD › MIT | DEC 2013
schedule
09:00
10:15
10:45
12:00
13:00
15:00
15:30
16:30
18:00
20:30
1. INTRODUCTION
– BREAK
2. DISCOVER THE TOOLKIT
– BREAK
3. WRITE A BEHAVIOUR
– BREAK
4. MAKE A MISBEHAVIOURAL OBJECT
5. DEBRIEF, WRAP-UP, NEXT STEPS
6. TEI GATHERING
7. MISBEHAVIOUR DINNER

nıs·behavıøural objects
Ensadlab, 7 research labs in Ensad, Paris,
Ensad is part of PSL, an art/design/science cluster
http://www.ensad.fr/recherche/ensadlab
Sociable media, for the development of
creativity, autonomy and empathy
http://sociablemedia.ensadlab.fr/en/
DIIP, reﬂective interactions,
http://diip.ensadlab.fr/en/
Tangible media group,
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/
about ensadlab/mit collaboration

self-introduction
First/last name
Where do you work/study
Main area of interest

self-introduction
table 1
Emeline, stimulate/facilitate/document
Bruns, Miguel TU Eindhoven
Fetter, Mirko Human-Computer Interaction Group, University of Bamberg
Schoessler Philipp, MIT MediaLab TMG
Alex, technical support
table 2
Max/or Samuel, stimulate/facilitate/document
Rizzo, Tim IMG Institut für Mediengestaltung,
Epp, Felix University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Rasmussen, Majken Aarhus University
Daniel Tauber, MIT MediaLab TMG
Alex, technical support
table 3
Yassine, stimulate/facilitate/document
Grah, Thomas Hochschule Darmstadt
Hanke, Christoph Muthesius Kunsthochschule
Ou, Jiffei, MIT MediaLab TMG
Didier, technical support, 2 tables
table 4
JB, stimulate/facilitate/document
Schmidt, Deborah Technische Universität Dresden, ?
Vandevelde, Cesar Ghent University, HCI/arts/sciences ?
Walmink, Wouter Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University, game lab
Niiyama, Ryuma, MIT MediaLab TMG
Cécile, technical support, 2 tables
table 5
Emanuele, stimulate/facilitate/document
Hamidi, Foad York University
LIU, Xin Rhode Island School of Design
Yao, Lining, MIT MediaLab TMG
Cécile, technical support, 2 tables

We aim for research through action.
“Instead of being extensible and veriﬁable, theory
produced by research through design tends to be
provisional, contingent and aspirational.”
Bill Gaver, What should we expect from research through design.
Rather than looking for refutability we aim at
exploring a mapping of possibilities.
Therefore our theories are contextual and
culturally situated.
Our production is an annotated portfolio.
about research by design (& by art)

Please write down on a post-it your deﬁnition of
a misbehaviour in less than 120 characters.
First assigment

OUR DESIGN SPACE

How far have we been since our start
in october 2013?
We aimed at converging 3 labs’ perspective.
introduction

What if a everyday object was made of radical
atoms?
introduction

introduction

What if an everyday object was made of radical
atoms?
These objects could be programmed with some
form of agency.
What if they were reﬂecting some form of
autonomy?
introduction

What if an everyday object was made of radical
atoms?
These objects could be programmed with some
form of agency.
What if they were reﬂecting some form of
autonomy?
What if they were performing mis-behaviours,
in order to manifest this autonomy and shift
away from the master—slave relationship?
introduction

A.
B.
c.
d.
1. initiating interaction

We aim at exploring the design of interactions
from an alternative plausible perspective:
we’re starting from the object’s point of view,
initiating interactions.
problematics

CONTEXT

What if an object’s misbehaviour was a route to
project an autonomy?
• How could (mis)behavioural objects
initiate (mis)interactions with humans?
• How could these misbehaviours nurture
a relationship with humans? And how can this
perception be sustainable?
problematics

PROBLEMATICS
• What is a (mis)behavioural object?
• What are the means to develop one?
• What form for a tool for creating such
objects?
additional RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

PROBLEMATICS

PROBLEMATICS
1.INITIATE INTERACTIONS
2.NURTURE RELATIONSHIPS

1. INITIATING INTERACTION

Hypothesis: the movement as a mean for
objects to express their character and their
intentions, beyond fulﬁlling a function.
We focus on exploring elementary
movements of non-ﬁgurative objects.

BENJAMIN CHANG, SILVIA RUZANKA, DIMITRY STRAKOVSKY, (IN)SECURITY CAMERA, 2003

MALFUNCTION
OR
UNEXPECTED
FUNCTION
WHAT IF AN OBJECT HAD:
PRESUPPOSED
FUNCTION
AN OBJECT HAVE:

PRESUPPOSED
FUNCTION
› CAN NOT DO
› DO WRONG-
OR
› DO ELSE---.
WHAT IF AN OBJECT:AN OBJECT HAVE:

› CAN NOT DO
› DO WRONG-
OR
› DO ELSE---.
= MISBEHAVIOUR
PRESUPPOSED
FUNCTION
WHAT IF AN OBJECT:AN OBJECT HAVE:

VIA: OUR BOTTOM-UP INVESTIGATIONS
(FUNCTIONNAL)
(SOCIAL)
A mis-behaviour can be perceived by contrast to
a norm.

MIS/BEHAVIOURS
“CHARACTER”
–
MOOD
INTENTION
–
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENTS
–
CHOREOGRAPHY

MISBEHAVIOURS
SHY
AVOIDING
STARING
INTO FACES
LONG & SLOW,
EASE OUT,
SHAKING

MISBEHAVIOURS
SHY
AVOIDING
STARING
INTO FACES
LONG & SLOW,
EASE OUT,
SHAKING
FROM OBJECT
POINT OF VIEW

MISBEHAVIOURS
SHY
AVOIDING
STARING
INTO FACES
LONG & SLOW,
EASE OUT,
SHAKING
FROM HUMAN
POINT OF VIEW

thinking in progress…

MIS/BEHAVIOURS
“CHARACTER”
–
MOOD
INTENTION
–
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENTS
–
CHOREOGRAPHY
COHERENT WHILE UNPREDICTABLE
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL?

MIS/BEHAVIOURS
“CHARACTER”
–
MOOD
INTENTION
–
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENTS
–
CHOREOGRAPHY
we will explore 3 character
traits today:
• agressive
• shy
• lazy

LOOKING BACK INTO
ART/DESIGN HISTORY

BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTS IN ART AND DESIGN
“The electric things have their lives, too.”
_ Philip K. DICK, Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep?
looking back into art/design history

BRUNO MUNARI Macchina inutile, 1953
JEAN TINGUELY, Hommage to New York, 1960

HANS HAACKE, Blue Sail, 1964–65
CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY, curated by Jasia Reichardt,
London ICA, 1968

NICOLAS SCHOEFFER, CYSP 1, 1956
EDWARD IHNATOWICZ, SENSTER, 1969

ROBERT BREER, Floats, 1970 / Installation view:
Osaka Pavillion, 1970

ROBERT BREER, Floats, 1970
Floor Drawing, 1970

Views of the exhibition Robert Breer Floats,
Capc, Bordeau, 2010-2011

JEPPE HEIN, 360 Presence, 2002

JEPPE HEIN Moving Walls, 2001, Moving Bench, 2000,
Self-Destructing Wall, 2003

CHARLES RAY, Tabletop 1988
CARSTEN HÖLLER, Upside Down Mushroom,
Milano Fondazione Prada, nel 2001

JEPPE HEIN, Not Level, 2009
MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES,
Social and anti-social Ligh, 2001
BENJAMIN CHANG, SILVIA
RUZANKA, DMITRY
STRAKOVSKY, (in)security
camera, 2003

CELESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT, offroad (hors piste)
2014
View of the exhibition,
les Abattoirs/Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse

DUNNE & RABY, TECHNOLOGICAL DREAMS, 2007

TANGIBLE BITS/TMG

THE TOOLKIT

The toolkit
WHY AND HOW TO DESIGN A TOOLKIT
MAKE AN “OPEN” TOOLKIT :
- OPEN SOURCE
- OPEN STRUCTURE

The toolkit
A MODULAR ROBOTIC TOOLKIT
USING AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
TO DESIGN

The toolkit
TEST OF 4 EXISTING MODULAR ROBOTICS SYSTEMS:
1- CUBELETS
2- ARCBOTICS
3- LEGO MINDSTORM
4- BIOLOID (ROBOTIS)

The toolkit
A ROBOTICS TOOLKIT BASED ON BIOLOID WITH DYNAMIXEL MOTORS:
1- VERY MODULAR
2- COMPATIBLE WITH PROCESSING / ARDUINO
3- SCALABLE FROM TOYS TO INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS

The toolkit
“VELCRO” SYSTEM AS “HIGH-DEFINITION LEGO”

The toolkit
HARDWARE AND MATERIALS
1- CORE AND HARD STRUCTURE: VELCRO MODULES
2- FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE: ANNEALD ALLUMINUM AND K’NEX
3- DRESSING ACCESSORIES: SKIN, SHELL AND OTHER MATERIALS

The toolkit
SOFTWARE
TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT :
1- BY CONSOLE
2- BY RECORDING
3- BY EDITING
4- BY PROGRAMMING

The toolkit
SOFTWARE / MATERIAL
EXPLORING
A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN (MIS)BEHAVIOR BY COMPUTING
AND (MIS)BEHAVIOR OF THE MATERIAL

TOOLKIT PRESENTATION
HARDWARE
- DYNAMIXEL MOTORS
- CM9
- XBEE
- SENSORS
- KORG NANOKONTROL
SOFTWARE
- PROCESSING
MODULAR VELCRO KIT AND DRESSING

DYNAMIXEL AX-12A

SENSORS

OPEN CM9

PROCESSING PROGRAM

XBEE

KORG NANOKONTROL

computer
Processing
controller
openCM9
xbee
sensors
DXL DXLDXL
KORG NANOKONTROL

MODULAR VELCRO KIT

ADDING DRESSING

EXAMPLES

MARTIN GAUTRON
EXAMPLES

schedule
09:00
10:15
10:45
12:00
13:00
15:00
15:30
16:30
18:00
20:30
1. INTRODUCTION
– BREAK
2. DISCOVER THE TOOLKIT
– BREAK
3. WRITE A BEHAVIOUR
– BREAK
4. MAKE A MISBEHAVIOURAL OBJECT
5. DEBRIEF, WRAP-UP, NEXT STEPS
6. TEI GATHERING
7. DINNER

DISCOVER THE TOOLKIT

Assignment:
each table to explore 1 translation for each of the
following character traits through mouvements:
agressive, shy, lazy.
We encourage you to:
roleplay/mimic.
Engage in the SW control.
Enhance the provided structure with mopho-
structure elements.
Deliverable: 1 translation for each of the
following character traits through mouvements.
Each exploration to be documented by our team.
discover the toolkit, character

Scoring, introduction
discover the toolkit, character

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WORKSHOP PROTOCOL 84

Assignment:
choose one translation from this morning and
build a library of animations to assemble and
compose from later.
Deliverable: a library of animations.
write a behaviour

scoring demo
write a behaviour

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WORKSHOP PROTOCOL 89

recording an animation, demo
write a behaviour

Assignment:
build your score, taking into account the
environment/introducing sensors.
Deliverable: 1 score.
write a behaviour

Behaviours cards
write a behaviour

write a behaviour, behaviour card
+_ Does it look alive?
+_Does it look in control of its movement?
+_ Does it look reactive to external events?
+_
Does it look motivated?
+_ Does it look emotionally aroused?
+_Does it look stressed by external events?
General
Action /
Perception
parameters
Motivation /
Intention
Emotion
+_ Does it look aware of its environment ?
+_
Does it look goal-directed?

Assignment:
Finalise a proposal for your character trait
assignment to be presented to other teams.
Deliverable: 1 mis-behavioural animated object,
with score and behaviour cards.
Make a mis-behavioural object

RESULTS

Assignment:
Present in 5 minutes your ﬁnal production.
Debrief

Assignment:
Please write down your deﬁnition of
what you’ve explored today for someone joining
the room, in less than 120 characters.
Debrief

FEEDBACKS

NEXT STEPS

2. nurturing a relationship
• Arts productions (+ exhibitions)
• Design objects (+ scenarios)
• Documentation of the workshop (+ consolidate)
TONY DUNNE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, DUBLIN 2011
NEXT STEPS

“Speculative design, Conceptual Design,
Contestable Futures, Cautionary Tales, Activism,
Design for debate, Design ﬁction, Discursive
design, Interrogative Design, Probe design,
Radical Design, Satire, Social Fiction…”
TONY DUNNE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, DUBLIN 2011
DESIGN FICTION IS ALSO RELATED TO:

SOME PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH DESIGN FICTION:
JAMES AUGER (RCA),JIMMY LOIZEAU (GOLDSMITH UNIVERSITY), FIONA RABBY, ANTHONY DUNNE
(RCA),JULIAN BLEEKER (NEARFUTURELAB), PAUL GARDIEN (PHILIPS), BILL GAVER (GOLDSMITH
UNIVERSITY), ELIO CACCAVALE, NOAM TORAN… (FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM WRITE)

MOVING CITIES, ARCHIGRAM, 70’S

TECHNOLOGICAL DREAM SERIES, DUNNE & RABY, 2007

TRANSPARENCY GRENADE,JULIAN OLIVER, 2012

MR JONES WHATCH, CRISPIN JONES, 2004

AUDIOTOOTH IMPLANT, AUGER-LOIZEAU, 2010

MISBEHAVIOURAL OBJECTS

The Misbehavior of Animated Objects – Workshop at TEI2014 – EnsadLab & MIT MediaLab

FOR MORE ON THAT PART OF THE SLIDES PLEASE CONTACT THIS MEMBER OF THE TEAM:
MOLLON@TELECOM-PARISTECH.FR – MAXMOLLON.COM

http:// misbehaviours.ensadlab.fr/
Twitter: #misbehaviours

BRAVO!
THANK YOU!

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