Hello, Robot

Ameile Klein, Hortensia Völckers, David Harris Smith, Bruce Stirling, Anthony Dunne, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Rosi Braidotti, Alexander Farenholtz, Fredo De Smet, Marlies Wirth, Carlo Ratti, Thomas Geisler, et al, Ulrich Spiesshofer, Katrien Laporte, Gesche Joost, Frauke Zeller, Mateo Kries, Daniele Belleri, Fiona Raby

ISBN 10: 3945852110 / ISBN 13: 9783945852118

Verlag: Vitra Design Museum, DE, 2017

Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine investigates how robotics is becoming part of our everyday lives. The exhibitions shows that design in its traditional function as a mediator is indispensable if robots are to become a visible reality and not just remain hidden in washing machines, cars and cash machines. The volume clarifies where we already encounter these intelligent machines and where we may come across them in the near future: in industry, in the military and in everyday settings; at nurseries and retirement homes; in our bodies and in the cloud; when shopping and having sex; in video games and, of course, in film and literature. In a series of in-depth essays and interviews, experts such as the science fiction author Bruce Sterling and the design duo Dunne and Raby explore the question of how we deal with our environment becoming increasingly digital, smarter and more autonomous. They highlight our often ambivalent relationship to new technologies and discuss the opportunities and challenges that are posed to us as individuals and as a society in this context. In this regard, Hello, Robot. broadens the scope of the discussion to the ethical and political questions with which we are faced today in the light of technological advances in robotics, whilst confronting us with the contradictions that are often found in the answers to these questions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9783945852118

Inhaltsangabe:

Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine investigates how robotics is becoming part of our everyday lives. The exhibitions shows that design in its traditional function as a mediator is indispensable if robots are to become a visible reality and not just remain hidden in washing machines, cars and cash machines. The volume clarifies where we already encounter these intelligent machines and where we may come across them in the near future: in industry, in the military and in everyday settings; at nurseries and retirement homes; in our bodies and in the cloud; when shopping and having sex; in video games and, of course, in film and literature. In a series of in-depth essays and interviews, experts such as the science fiction author Bruce Sterling and the design duo Dunne & Raby explore the question of how we deal with our environment becoming increasingly digital, smarter and more autonomous. They highlight our often ambivalent relationship to new technologies and discuss the opportunities and challenges that are posed to us as individuals and as a society in this context. In this regard, Hello, Robot. broadens the scope of the discussion to the ethical and political questions with which we are faced today in the light of technological advances in robotics, whilst confronting us with the contradictions that are often found in the answers to these questions.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Mateo Kries is the Director of the Vitra Design Museum. Amelie Klein is a curator at the same institution.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hello, Robot
Verlag: Vitra Design Museum, DE
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New