His research field is robotics and he has designed the approximately one­metre­tall dancing swan on the basis of a robot that was previously a student's degree project. The robot was built by a modular system and in the white wings, neck, and feet .There are a total of 19 different joints, which makes it very flexible. The idea for the dancing robot was done by Lars Asplund and his colleague Kerstin Gauffin, who works with theatre at Malardalen University.“ With our swan we are showing that we can use robots in new ways—simply because they are beautiful and give the audience new experiences，says”Kerstin Gauffin, who wants to see robots appear on stages along with “ordinary” actors.