Can robots mind our children? Can we use artificial intelligence as a non-judgmental psychologist? And to what extent can we actually use robotics to improve ourselves, to make ourselves more attractive or stronger?

Bringing together science and the performing arts, the Nobel Center and the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) in Stockholm joined forces last autumn to present a series of Performance Lectures. The first lecturer in this project was the well-known robotics researcher Danica Kragic Jensfelt.