Future Robots: Towards A Robotic Science Of Human Beings (advances In Interaction Studies)
by Domenico Parisi /
2014 / English / PDF
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This book is for both robot builders and scientists who study human
behaviour and human societies. Scientists do not only collect
empirical data but they also formulate theories to explain the
data. Theories of human behaviour and human societies are
traditionally expressed in words but, today, with the advent of the
computer they can also be expressed by constructing computer-based
artefacts. If the artefacts do what human beings do, the
theory/blueprint that has been used to construct the artefacts
explains human behaviour and human societies. Since human beings
are primarily bodies, the artefacts must be robots, and human
robots must progressively reproduce all we know about human beings
and their societies. And, although they are purely scientific
tools, they can have one very important practical application:
helping human beings to better understand the many difficult
problems they face today and will face in the future - and,
perhaps, to find solutions for these problems.
This book is for both robot builders and scientists who study human
behaviour and human societies. Scientists do not only collect
empirical data but they also formulate theories to explain the
data. Theories of human behaviour and human societies are
traditionally expressed in words but, today, with the advent of the
computer they can also be expressed by constructing computer-based
artefacts. If the artefacts do what human beings do, the
theory/blueprint that has been used to construct the artefacts
explains human behaviour and human societies. Since human beings
are primarily bodies, the artefacts must be robots, and human
robots must progressively reproduce all we know about human beings
and their societies. And, although they are purely scientific
tools, they can have one very important practical application:
helping human beings to better understand the many difficult
problems they face today and will face in the future - and,
perhaps, to find solutions for these problems.