Humans and automata : a social study of robotics

Bibliographic description

title:	Humans and automata : a social study of robotics
author:	Campa Riccardo
date of publication:	2015
place of publication : name of publisher:	Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition
pages:	165
ISBN:	978-3-631-66628-9
eISBN:	978-3-653-05946-5
series:	Beyond Humanism, ISSN 2191-0391; Vol. / Bd. 7
DOI:	10.3726/978-3-653-05946-5
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 151-160. Indeks
language:	English
abstract in english:	The book takes a close look at the social dimensions of robotics. It examines some of the projects on which robotic engineers are presently working, explores the dreams and hopes connected with these undertakings and determines if there is a relation between automation and unemployment within the socio-economic system. Furthermore, it explores the possible futures generated by the development of artificial intelligence and outlines the core ideas of roboethics. Last but not least, it examines the systems of military robots, with special emphasis on the ethical issues raised by the design, construction and utilization of these systems of weaponry.
keywords in english:	roboethics, sociology of technology, scenario analysis, futurology, universal robots, sex robots, domestic robots, military robots, industrial robots, unmanned systems, technological unemployment
number of pulisher's sheets:	10
affiliation:	Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Socjologii
type:	book
subtype:	monography