Created by Sony Design in Japan , 2019

The Affinity in Autonomy exhibition featured a field of white spheres that move as if they have their own personalities in order to explore the future of robot-human relations. The first zone, Awakening, was a simple light and color installation that aimed to "heighten sensory awareness" with illuminated blob-like shapes that mimicked a visitor's body movements. The second zone, Autonomous, held a pendulum within an orb-like cage. Rather than being left to gravity, its swing was influenced by the presence of people in the room, so it would appear to greet them as they entered. A third zone, Accordance, was the most large-scale and immersive, featuring numerous smooth white spheres of different sizes. The spheres were programmed to respond to nearby movement in their own distinct way, sometimes retreating, sometimes approaching, sometimes pausing, sometimes congregating in groups and sometimes rolling off on their own. The installations were built around two of Sony's sensor technologies: the CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) image sensor and the back-illuminated Time-of-Flight image sensor, which calculates the distance to an object by measuring the time it takes for light to reach it and reflect back to the sensor.

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