Harvard · Robots in Human Ecology
When Life Gives You Lemons
An interactive public project with Boston Dynamics Spot exploring how people approach, interpret, and respond to embodied robots.
Project filmPrimary Harvard class video slot
Public interactionVideo slot
Field setupImage slot
A robot in
a shared space.
“When Life Gives You Lemons” placed an embodied robot in a familiar public setting. The project examined approach behavior, perceived safety, and social responses—not just what the robot could do, but how people understood its presence.
PublicReal-world setting
SpotEmbodied platform
HRIBehavior and perception