Android aesthetics: Humanoid robots as works of art
Abstract: The goal of building machines that look and behave like humans predates industrial technology by several centuries. It continues today as the field of android science. While the construction of androids represents scientific and technological advances, such machines are often created for aesthetic purposes, such as in animatronic robots or in lifelike portrayals of living or dead individuals. This chapter examines the artistic aspect of androids from their inception in medieval times to the modern period, with a particular focus on the Philip K. Dick android as an example of a complex scientific and engineering enterprise that was also a work of art. It is argued that ...
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