Anthrobocene

Welcome to the Anthrobocene: the Age of Collaborative Robotics.

A nationwide photo essay exploring the encounter between humans and robots across various areas of work and everyday life in Germany, situated between technological progress and social transformation.

This project examines places where robots are no longer just visions of the future, but part of the present, especially in essential institutions, as well as in areas facing a shortage of skilled workers or where human labor reaches its limits. It explores how collaboration with robots is shaping human experience: What potential arises for inclusion and participation when robots become not just tools, but companions? And what ethical and societal questions emerge as this development unfolds?

From innovative start-ups to nursing homes, from research labs to everyday environments – Anthrobocene explores this new reality through visual storytelling in which robots are not meant to replace us, but to collaborate with us. A visual investigation into the spaces where the future is already being lived today.