Social robots from a human perspective. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jane Vincent, Sakari Taipale, Bartolomeo Sapio, Giuseppe Lugano, Leopoldina Fortunati, editors.
• Editors: Vincent, Jane; Taipale, Sakari; Sapio, Bartolomeo; Lugano, Giuseppe; Fortunati, Leopoldina
• Contents: Introduction: Situating the Human in Social Robots -- Robot Shift from Industrial Production to Social Reproduction -- In the Company of Robots: Views of Acceptability of Robots in Social Settings -- Perception, Acceptance and the Social Construction of Robots -- Exploratory Studies -- Social Robotics in Health Care Service: The Case of Rehabilitation Programmes in Hong Kong -- Intuitive Interaction between Humans and Robots in Work Functions at Industrial Environments: The Role of Social Robotics -- Minimizing the Human? Functional Reductions of Complexity in Social Robotics and their Cybernetic Heritage -- Open Sourcing Social Robotics: Humanoid Artifacts from the Viewpoint of Designers -- The Mobile Phone: An Emotionalised Social Robot -- The Technologicalization of Education in China: A Case Study of the Home?School Communication System -- Fashion Tech and Robotics -- Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 629.8/924019; Engineering; Human-robot interaction; Robots; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); Human robot interaction; Robots; Engineering; Robotics and Automation; Communication Studies; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Computers -- Data Processing; Communication studies; Society & social sciences; Social sciences -- Data processing; Technology & Engineering -- Robotics; Robotics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319156729; 3319156721; 3319156713; 9783319156712
• Related ISBNs: 9783319156712
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 13, 2015).
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