TY - GEN
T1 - Android robotics and the conceptualization of human beings
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Robophilosophy 2018 / Transor 2018: Envisioning Robots in Society - Politics, Power, and Public Space
AU - Nørskov, Marco
AU - Yamazaki Skov, Ryuji
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - For decades Japan has been a first-mover and pacemaker with respect to the development of humanoid and android robots. This conceptual paper demonstrates how a particular android robot, the Telenoid, can be embedded within, and interpreted relative to, a Japanese conception of nature where, as pointed out by the literature, the artificial is not opposed to nature and where conventionalized idealizations in general are cherished over the original state of nature. The following three relational aspects will be used to compare this idea of nature with central design hypotheses pertaining to the Telenoid robot: (i) deliberate minimalization, (ii) enhanced access to an ideal state, and (iii) taming the wild.
AB - For decades Japan has been a first-mover and pacemaker with respect to the development of humanoid and android robots. This conceptual paper demonstrates how a particular android robot, the Telenoid, can be embedded within, and interpreted relative to, a Japanese conception of nature where, as pointed out by the literature, the artificial is not opposed to nature and where conventionalized idealizations in general are cherished over the original state of nature. The following three relational aspects will be used to compare this idea of nature with central design hypotheses pertaining to the Telenoid robot: (i) deliberate minimalization, (ii) enhanced access to an ideal state, and (iii) taming the wild.
KW - Androids
KW - Conceptualization
KW - Japanese robotics
KW - Nature
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85058212092
T3 - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
SP - 238
EP - 246
BT - Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018
A2 - Funk, Michael
A2 - Loh, Janina
A2 - Norskov, Marco
A2 - Coeckelbergh, Mark
A2 - Seibt, Johanna
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 14 February 2018 through 17 February 2018
ER -