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About
Erin Berl is a researcher working at the innovative intersection of human-robot interaction, expressive robotics, and performance art. Her work uniquely leverages theatrical and choreographic frameworks as experimental methodologies for studying how humans perceive and interact with robotic systems. Most notably, Berl co-developed *Time to Compile*, a live performance installation that has served as a recurring research platform across multiple studies, accumulating over 36 citations collectively and demonstrating the value of embodied, kinesthetic art experiences as rigorous research environments. Through this work, she has investigated complex psychological phenomena including self-evaluation, perceived control, and the attribution of expressivity to both natural and artificial systems. Her *Dancing Droids* project further exemplifies her approach, developing expressive behavioral layers for mobile robots directly through choreographic practice — a methodology that bridges artistic and engineering disciplines in genuinely novel ways. Berl's research demonstrates that live performance contexts can reveal dimensions of human-robot perception that traditional laboratory settings may miss, making her contributions particularly valuable to researchers interested in naturalistic, ecologically valid approaches to studying social robotics and human-machine interaction.
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