Future Robots: Towards a robotic science of human beings
Author:   Domenico Parisi (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   7
ISBN:  

9789027204615


Pages:   489
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Format:   Hardback
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This book is for both robot builders and scientists who study human behaviour and human societies. Scientists do not only collect empirical data but they also formulate theories to explain the data. Theories of human behaviour and human societies are traditionally expressed in words but, today, with the advent of the computer they can also be expressed by constructing computer-based artefacts. If the artefacts do what human beings do, the theory/blueprint that has been used to construct the artefacts explains human behaviour and human societies. Since human beings are primarily bodies, the artefacts must be robots, and human robots must progressively reproduce all we know about human beings and their societies. And, although they are purely scientific tools, they can have one very important practical application: helping human beings to better understand the many difficult problems they face today and will face in the future - and, perhaps, to find solutions for these problems.

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Author:   Domenico Parisi (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   7
Weight:   1.035kg
ISBN:  

9789027204615


ISBN 10:   9027204616
Pages:   489
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. 1. Robots as theories of behaviour; 3. 2. Robots that have motivations and emotions; 4. 3. How robots acquire their behaviour; 5. 4. Robots that have language; 6. 5. Robots with a mental life; 7. 6. Social robots; 8. 7. Robotic families; 9. 8. Robots that learn from other robots and develop cultures and technologies; 10. 9. Robot that own things; 11. 10. Political robotics; 12. 11. Robotic economies; 13. 12. Individually different robots and robots with pathologies; 14. 13. Robots that have art, religion, philosophy, science, and history; 15. 14. Human robots are future robots; 16. 15. How human robots can be useful to human beings; 17. References and additional readings; 18. Index

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