Strange new bodies: Design beyond robots

​As robots enter homes, hospitals, and public spaces, their design language—how they look, move, and behave—will shape how we trust and relate to them. This session, hosted by design leaders at IDEO, explores emerging visual, interactional, and behavioral grammars of human-robot interaction. Must robots mimic humans or machines, or can new forms evolve? Alongside special guests from the emerging world of robotics design, we'll examine how design can expand the roles robots play and the relationships we build with them across cultures and contexts.