Android Assembled The Explicit And Implicit Anatomy Of Social Robots - Peter Lang Group AG

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.