Science at the Local - June 2026

Sunday afternoon session where a musician-roboticist and a violinist-researcher share what happens when humans and machines actually jam together.

Richard Savery builds robots that improvise with human musicians in real time, while violinist-researcher Anna Savery investigates how technology shapes creative collaboration. This panel explores what happens when machines move beyond tools to become genuine creative partners, grounded in their hands-on experience developing and performing with these systems. You'll hear concrete examples of human-robot jamming, insights into how AI handles musical unpredictability, and what their research reveals about creativity itself. The afternoon format at a local sports club attracts curious generalists alongside musicians and tech people, making it a good place to think through questions about human and machine creativity without needing specialist knowledge.