Designing Robots, Designing Humans

Whilst most research concentrates on the imagined future of robotics, this book brings together a group of international researchers to explore the different ways that robots and humans engage with one another at this point in history.

Robotic design is advancing at an incredible pace, and consequently the role of robots has expanded beyond mechanical work in the industrial sector to the social and domestic environment. From kitchen table pets in the shape of dinosaurs or baby seals, to robot arms that assist with eating, to self-driving cars, this book explores the psychological impact of robotic engagement, especially in domestic settings. Each chapter explores a different aspect of humanoid robotics, for example, the relationship between robotics and gender, citizenship, moral agency, ethics, inequality, and psychological development, as well as exploring the growing role of robots in education, care work, and intimate relationships.

Drawing on research from across the fields of psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, this ground-breaking volume discusses the emerging social side of robotics. By examining our relationship with robots now, this book offers a new and innovative opportunity for understanding our future with robots and robotic culture. Designing Robots, Designing Humans will be interest to researchers of artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics, as well as researchers from cognitive and social psychology, philosophy, computer science, anthropology, linguistics, and engineering backgrounds.

儘管大部分研究集中在機器人的未來想像上，本書匯集了一群國際研究人員，探索了機器人和人類在這個歷史時刻互動的不同方式。

機器人設計正在以驚人的速度進步，因此機器人的角色已從工業領域的機械工作擴展到社交和家庭環境。從恐龍或海豹形狀的廚桌寵物，到幫助進食的機械手臂，再到自動駕駛汽車，本書探討了機器人互動的心理影響，尤其是在家庭環境中。每一章節都探討了人形機器人的不同方面，例如機器人與性別、公民身份、道德代理、倫理、不平等和心理發展之間的關係，並探討了機器人在教育、護理工作和親密關係中日益增長的角色。

本書借鑒了心理學、人類學和哲學等領域的研究，討論了機器人的社會面。通過現在研究我們與機器人的關係，本書提供了一個新的創新機會，以了解我們與機器人和機器人文化的未來。《設計機器人，設計人類》將對人工智能和人形機器人的研究人員以及認知和社會心理學、哲學、計算機科學、人類學、語言學和工程背景的研究人員感興趣。

Cathrine Hasse, Professor in Anthropology and Learning, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Dorte Marie Søndergaard, Professor in Social Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Cathrine Hasse，丹麥奧胡斯大學人類學和學習學教授。

Dorte Marie Søndergaard，丹麥奧胡斯大學社會心理學教授。