Android, Assembled

The Explicit and Implicit Anatomy of Social Robots

Buch | Softcover

310 Seiten

2024 | New edition
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63667-203-8 (ISBN)

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Android, Assembled unpacks the phenomenon of social robots—not as monolithic machines but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from bodily features (like heads and sensors) and the elements we read into them (like gender and authority). Each chapter explores the philosophical, theoretical, empirical, or technical understanding of discrete robot components to offer a deeper look into how those parts contribute to what social robots are and how humans experience them. Part I (Explicit Anatomy) considers the manifest components of robots—those that make up the physical robot and its capabilities: Shapes, heads, faces, eyes, legs, feet, wings, color, clothing, gestures, postures, speech, text, screens, memory, information, sensors, actuators, organic elements, and distributed elements. Part II (Implicit Anatomy) explores the parts of social robots that humans infer or interpret: Image, interactivity, cuteness, gender, power, authority, membership, cognition, decision-making, aliveness, mindedness, obligations, and ultimately the kind of thing a robot is. Along with the state of the art and science, each author gives a provocation to highlight open questions and possible futures.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.12.2024
Reihe/Serie	Digital Formations ; 126
Mitarbeit	Sonstige Mitarbeit: Jaime Banks
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-63667-203-5 / 1636672035
ISBN-13	978-1-63667-203-8 / 9781636672038
Zustand	Neuware