Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings: The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature

Marco Nørskov; Ryuji Yamazaki

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238

Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings: The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature

Marco Nørskov, Ryuji Yamazaki

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For decades Japan has been a first-mover and pacemaker with respect to the development of humanoid and android robots. This conceptual paper demonstrates how a particular android robot, the Telenoid, can be embedded within, and interpreted relative to, a Japanese conception of nature where, as pointed out by the literature, the artificial is not opposed to nature and where conventionalized idealizations in general are cherished over the original state of nature. The following three relational aspects will be used to compare this idea of nature with central design hypotheses pertaining to the Telenoid robot: (i) deliberate minimalization, (ii) enhanced access to an ideal state, and (iii) taming the wild.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018 : Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018
Number of pages	9
Publisher	IOS Press
Publication date	2018
Pages	238-246
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61499-930-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-61499-931-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Robo-Philosophy 2018: Envisioning Robots in Society - Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria Duration: 14 Feb 2018 → 17 Feb 2018 http://conferences.au.dk/robo-philosophy-2018-at-the-university-of-vienna/

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Conference	Robo-Philosophy 2018
Location	Universität Wien
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	14/02/2018 → 17/02/2018
Internet address	http://conferences.au.dk/robo-philosophy-2018-at-the-university-of-vienna/

Series	Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume	311
ISSN	0922-6389

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Nørskov, M., & Yamazaki, R. (2018). Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings: The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature. In Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018 (pp. 238-246). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238

Nørskov, Marco ; Yamazaki, Ryuji. / Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings : The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature. Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. IOS Press, 2018. pp. 238-246 (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 311).

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Nørskov, M & Yamazaki, R 2018, Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings: The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature. in Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. IOS Press, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 311, pp. 238-246, Robo-Philosophy 2018, Vienna, Austria, 14/02/2018. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-931-7-238

Android Robotics and the Conceptualization of Human Beings: The Telenoid and the Japanese Concept of Nature. / Nørskov, Marco; Yamazaki, Ryuji.
Envisioning Robots in Society - Power, Politics, and Public Space - Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 / TRANSOR 2018. IOS Press, 2018. p. 238-246 (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 311).

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