La Veragouth and Xilema make their debut at the EXPO in Osaka, Japan, as the main partner of the GO2+ exhibition, hosted by the Swiss Consulate.
On one of the most significant events of the year, the company supports a fascinating exploration of the future of design, in dialogue with artificial intelligence and robotics.
GO2+ is much more than a reflection on the growing presence of machines in our daily spaces: it is an invitation to rethink our relationship with the non-human. It leads us to imagine a future where technology is not just efficiency, but also poetry, possibility, and coexistence. A world in which free robotic beings inhabit our environments, with behaviors and forms of expression in constant evolution.
GO2+ is a hack of the Unitree GO2 robot dog that reappropriates and extends the machine, converting it into a system of modular robotic furniture. Each GO2+ piece modifies and expands the semi-autonomous robot, transforming it into a playful exploration of how product design can evolve in response to contemporary software and robotics. More than just functional objects, these hacked machines adopt new behaviors by overwriting the factory software: tables move using face recognition, ottoman pillows jump unexpectedly, and vases wander based on Wi-Fi signal strength. Through creative hacking, GO2+ subverts the dystopian image of the robot dog, turning it into a domestic entity with a form of autonomy that must be negotiated rather than commanded. By repurposing commercial technology—often designed for efficiency within capitalist or even military frameworks—GO2+ envisions robotic furniture as semi-autonomous design objects for a post-human environment. GO2+ is not just a commentary on the growing presence of machines in our spaces, but an invitation to rethink human and non-human coexistence. It challenges us to imagine a world where technology can be productively inefficient, where we share our environments with free robotic beings and their evolving behaviors and agencies.
GO2+ is a project by: Curling Computer Club, Leonardo Angelucci and Marco De Mutiis
The Curling Computer Club is grateful to the support of SUPSI, Swissnex Osaka, Swiss Pavilion EXPO 2025 Osaka, Veragouth e Xilema, and Cristallina SA.
The Curling Computer Club could not be curling without its precious collaborators and honorary members Marco Lurati, Sophie Sprugasci and Serena Cangiano.
