Hello, Robot

This volume investigates how robotics have become an integral part of life: in industry, in the military, and in everyday settings; in nurseries and nursing homes; in our bodies; in shopping and having sex; in video games, movies, and literature. In a series of in-depth essays and interviews, experts including science fiction author Bruce Sterling and design duo Dunne & Raby explore what an increasingly digital environment means for us humans. They highlight our often ambivalent relationship with new technologies and discuss the opportunities and challenges they pose for us as individuals and as a society. Hello, Robot broadens the scope of the debate to include the ethical and political questions arising from technological advances in robotics today, and confronts us with the contradictions that often underpin the answers to these questions.