Technology is never only technical.
The systems we build arrive already surrounded by stories: who they will serve, what they will change, and which futures they make easier to imagine.
My research asks how robotics and physical AI enter the world — the stories told about them, the interests those stories serve, and the way these narratives shape what societies come to accept, fund, regulate, and build.
The human story of physical AI
I trace the narratives that surround robotics: who authors them, who they serve, and what they make possible or inevitable. While robotics is usually treated as an engineering problem, I use humanities-based analysis to evaluate it as a social force.
My work centres on robotics and physical AI, socioeconomic transition, public perception, ethics and responsibility, labour and identity, and speculative futures.
How to build the machines is only half the story. The other half is what happens to the people standing next to them.