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SUMMARY:Airy: Reading Robot Intent through Height and Sky
DESCRIPTION:baoyang chen (HKUST, Central Academy of Fine Arts); Xian Xu (L
 ingnan University); and Huamin Qu (HKUST)\n\nAs industrial robots move int
 o shared human spaces, their opaque decision making threatens safety, trus
 t, and public oversight. This artwork, \textit{Airy}, asks whether complex
  multi agent AI can become intuitively understandable by staging a competi
 tion between two reinforcement trained robot arms that snap a bedsheet sky
 ward. Building on three design principles-competition as a clear metric (“
 who lifts higher?”), embodied familiarity (audiences recognize fabric snap
 ping), and sensor to sense mapping (robot cooperation or rivalry shown thr
 ough forest and weather projections)-the installation gives viewers a visc
 eral way to read machine intent. Observations from five international exhi
 bitions indicate that audiences consistently read the robots’ strategies, 
 conflict, and cooperation in real time, with emotional reactions that mirr
 or the system’s internal state. The project shows how sensory metaphors ca
 n turn a black box into a public interface.\n\nRegistration Category: Enha
 nced Access, Full Access, Full Access Supporter\n\nSession Chair: Kian Pen
 g Ong (Nanyang Technological University (NTU))\n\n
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