Negotiating anthropomorphism in the Ai-Da robot
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8098822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bojana Romić (0000-0002-6485-3710, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2083-2093 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Robotics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-4791 • E-ISSN: 1875-4805 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12369-021-00813-6 |
| OpenAlex | W3188149294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
The central interest of this paper is the anthropomorphic social robot Ai-Da (Aidan Meller Gallery/Oxford University), perceived as an actor in the interplay of cultural and representational gestures. These gestures determine how this robot is presented—that is, how its activities are articulated, interpreted and promoted. This paper criticises the use of a transhistorical discourse in the presentational strategies around this robot, since this discourse reinforces the so-called “myth of a machine”. The discussion focuses on the individuation and embodiment of this drawing robot. It is argued that the choice to provide Ai-Da with an evocative silicone face, coupled with an anthropomorphic body, is a socio-political decision that shapes public imaginaries about social robots in general
Aesthetics · Attunement · Epistemology · Gesture · Individuation · Mobile robot · Negotiation · Politics · Presentational and representational acting · Robot · Robot control · Social robot · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |