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The Potential of Otherness in Robotic Art

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Robots and Art

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This chapter compares and contrasts the creation of humanoid robots with that of non-humanoid robots, identifying assumptions about communication that underlie the designs and employing a range of communication theories to analyse people’s interactions with the robots. While robots created in science and technology laboratories to communicate with humans are most often at least somewhat humanlike in form, those created as part of interactive art installations take a variety of forms. The creation of humanoid robots can be linked with ideas about communication that valorise commonality above all else, whereas robotic artworks illustrate the potential of otherness in interactions between humans and non-humanoid robots.

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  1. Department of Internet Studies, School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Eleanor Sandry

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  1. Faculty of Edu.,Sci, Tech and Maths, University of Canberra, Canberra, Aust Capital Terr, Australia

    Damith Herath

  2. Lab, School of Design and Art, Curtin University, Alternate Anatomies, Perth, West Australia, Australia

    Christian Kroos

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Sandry, E. (2016). The Potential of Otherness in Robotic Art. In: Herath, D., Kroos, C., Stelarc (eds) Robots and Art. Cognitive Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0321-9_9

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