Robots
Subtitle: the 500-year quest to make machines human
By: edited by Ben Russell ; with contributions from Owen Holland and Phil Husbands, Phil Loring and Helena Moosberg-Bustness, Andrew Nahum, Andrina Richards Lever and Deborah Richards, E. R. Truitt [and] Judy Wajcman
Publisher: SCALA
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781785510687; 9781785510670
Subjects: Robots in art; Inventions in art; Robots; History
Description: Humanoid robots are some of the most wondrous machines ever built. By imagining and reconstructing ourselves in artificial bodies, we are able to discover what amazing machines we are. But while mirroring our humanity, robots also offer insights into how we have rationalized our technological ambitions, our sense of wonder at ourselves, and our position in a rapidly changing world. 'Robots: the 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human' explores the surprisingly long history of our obsession with creating machines in human form, from 16th-century mechanized monks to the 'tin man' robots of the 1950s and cutting-edge robots from today's research labs. --Exhibition: The Science Museum, London, United Kingdom (08.02-03.09.2017).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Being human: minds reflected in machines  -- Phil Loring and Helena Moosberg-Bustnes; title: In whose image? ancient and medieval automata  -- E R Truitt; title: Focus: the clockwork monk --; title: Automata, androids and life  -- Andrew Naham; title: Focus: the automaton lathe --; title: Robots of cybernetics: Grey Walter's robot tortoises and the Ration Club  -- Owen Holland and Phil Husbands; title: Focus: toy robots --; title: Humanoid robots and the promise of an easier life  -- Judy Wajcman; title: Becoming human: a visual history or robots.