Most people think of science fiction when robots are mentioned. In this talk, Henrik Schärfe shows how advances around the world are moving fast in taking the fiction part out of that equation. Progress in global robotics is about to change the way we think about technology - and ourselves. In this journey of robotics, we will see how science today challenges the boundary between technology and biology, and how things that seemed impossible just a few years ago are now coming into existence.

Beginning with Schärfe's own robot double, the Geminoid-DK, this evening will center on questions like:

• What are the current super-trends in robotics?
• What kind of robots are we likely to see in the near future?
• What are the implications for our society, economy, and existence in general?
• Are there limits to robotic inventions?

And finally:
• What is actually going on in the Professor's own labs?

Afterwards, improvised cocktails while Soft City, an esthetic mutating duo, is playing drums and MS-10.

Photo: Geminoid DK