Drones aren’t usually known for their dancing prowess. But a new performance presents a whole flock of autonomous drones, with no pre-programmed routes, taking their cues from a human dancer in real-time.
European artist-scientist team CollMot Robotics set out to create the piece to offer an alternative vision to UAVs used for military and surveillance purposes. “Artists and scientists can have a say in what you use technology for,” choreographer Nina Kov told me. “The goal of Dancing with Drones is not only to do a show, but to compare both human and drone movement, and see how that comes together.”