ABOUT ME

I do research on social robots and this is something that engages me completely. While I deal with human-like forms and behaviours, I ask myself what does it mean to be human? I am deeply interested in the illusion of life we create in anthropomorphic robots, puppets and sculptures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am always curious to meet people round the world and share different types of experience, from very short meetings to long-term friendships.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I hosted several perons and I have also been hosted a few times. I have met many wonderful CouchSurfers in different locations.

Interests

If it is not social robotics and everything that comes with it, then it is space exploration and literature, of course. I have also been doing karate for quite a while and I generally like martial arts. I enjoy any type of experience that goes beyond mere rationality.

• arts
• literature
• socializing
• martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS: for example Encounters at the End of the World, Stalker, Into Great Silence, The Karamazov Brothers, Blade Runner, Pi, Moon, The Great Beauty, The Act of Killing, Marwencol

MUSIC: different types of electronic, jazz and post-rock music

BOOKS: countless books in social science, philosophy, religion and classical literature

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Still doing: studying human beings through robotics.

Teach, Learn, Share

Lots of questions with no answers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, India, Italy, Poland, Switzerland

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