Amy LaViers works at the intersection of robotics and dance.  She is the director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, PA. Her writing, choreography, and machine designs have been presented internationally at both performing arts and engineering venues, including Nature, Merce Cunningham’s studios, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, the Performance Arcade, Berkeley, Princeton, and Georgia Tech.  Her teaching has been recognized on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students with Outstanding distinction, and she is a recipient of DARPA’s Young Faculty Award and Director’s Fellowship. Photo by Peter Tsai.