Designing robots, designing humans

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
1. Gotai: corporeal aesthetics and robotic exoskeletons in Japan
	Introduction
	Walking
	Gotai
	Exoskeletons
	Risks
	Military exoskeletons
	Riddle of the Sphinx
	Beyond human-like bipedalism
	Concluding thoughts
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
2. On humanoids, avatars and the rest of us: gender and designing our new Others
	Introduction
	The gendering of technological imitations of the human
	Examples of attempted human imitations
	Expectations and discussions among developers and users
	Robots raise theoretical questions
	The effects of and on sex/gender as acategory– atheoretical approach
	Potential entry points for feminist analytical intervention and gender negotiations
	Our new Others and subjectivating effects– watching the movie Her
	Concluding
	Notes
	References
3. Performing the kitchen: becoming a queering witness to the enactments of subject–object relations in a robotic kitchen lab
	Introduction – humanoid robots: how can we research an evolving class of machines to live with?
	The phenomenon of robot–human interaction at the IAR
	The robotics laboratory as a double-drama of encounters
	Entering the laboratories of the IAR as aqueering witness
	The enactment of subject–object relations: the case of the robotic kitchen laboratory
	Becoming familiar with the robot’s body: enacting human/likeness
	Communication: complex practicalities of interaction
	Performing the kitchen: towards a co-constitutive account of designing machines and humans
	Notes
	References
4. The automation of ethics: the case of self-driving cars
	1 Introduction
	2 Three features of moral life
	3 Training cars
	4 Impact
	5 Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
5. ‘Active citizenship’ and feeding assistive robotics: a crumbling story?
	FAR and governmental agencies: on awake of enthusiasm
	Analytic strategy
	Ethnographic research methods and organization of data
	The making of active citizenship
	The making of indignity
	Annika leaves the project due to weight loss
	Discussion of the two assemblies in relation to active citizenship, success and failure
	Conclusion
	References
6. Material concept formation: inequality in children’s conceptual robot imaginaries
	Introduction
	Drawing robots
	Using imagination
	Free the imagination
	Intra-action with concepts
	Performative concept formations
	The absence of robots
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7. Unpacking the cultural baggage of travelling robots: how socially assistive robots are integrated in practice
	Arobot to fight dementia
	The transfer of what?
	Game changing agents
	Robots as travelling elements of practice
	Acase of robot romanticism
	The continued re-enactment of brain fitness
	Notes
	Bibliography
8. Robot companions for children and older people: ethical issues and evidence
	Introduction
	Current and near future robot companions
	Costs and benefits of robot companions for children and older people
	Empirical evidence and Paro the robot seal
	Empirical evidence and ethical questions
	Conclusions
	References
Index