More Than Machines? : : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology /

More Than Machines? : : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology / / Laura Voss.

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We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from scien...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
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Voss, Laura,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Science Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Robots Wanted – Dead And/Or Alive
  • 2. Disciplinary Context and Terminology
  • 3. Making Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Research and Development
  • 4. Showing Off Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Demonstrations, Science Communication, and Marketing
  • 5. Reporting on Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Media Discourse
  • 6. Conclusions … and Openings
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Appendix

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