More Than Machines? : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology / Laura Voss
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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Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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