Posted on August 3, 2017 by Karen
Exploring a Martian landscape with a robot, investigating human-robot interactions, and discussing the ethics of robotics and technology – these were among the highlights of Sarah Petkus’s recent visit to ESA’s technical centre, ESTEC, in the Netherlands....
Posted on June 12, 2017 by Karen
In this video diary, Sarah Petkus, kinetic artist and roboticist, shares her first impressions of ESA’s technical centre (ESTEC), and her robot, Noodle, gets settled in his new home. Sarah Petkus is at the European Space...
Posted on June 7, 2017 by Karen
The Wandering Artist has arrived at ESTEC! On 6 June, Sarah Petkus, a kinetic artist and roboticist, began a three-week residency at the European Space Agency’s technical centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands to explore aspects of robotic...
Posted on February 21, 2017 by Karen
Crystalline – an exhibition of work by artist Siobhán McDonald – is inspired in part by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission and brings elements of contemporary engineering together with prehistory in the use of carbon and charred bone....
Posted on February 17, 2017 by Karen
At 20:00 UTC on 10 October 2016, ESA’s Cebreros deep space tracking station broadcast a 15-minute message in the direction of Polaris, the Pole Star. It contained thousands of messages from citizens of the world offering their...