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The Robot in the Garden : Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet - Ken Goldberg

The Robot in the Garden

Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet

By: Ken Goldberg

Paperback | 24 August 2001

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"The Robot in the Garden" initiates a critical theory of telerobotics and introduces telepistemology, the study of knowledge acquired at a distance. Many of our most influential technologies, the telescope, telephone, and television, were developed to provide knowledge at a distance. Telerobots, remotely controlled robots, facilitate action at a distance. Specialists use telerobots to explore actively environments such as Mars, the "Titanic," and Chernobyl. Military personnel increasingly employ reconnaissance drones and telerobotic missiles. At home, we have remote controls for the garage door, car alarm, and television (the latter a remote for the remote). The Internet dramatically extends our scope and reach. Thousands of cameras and robots are now accessible online. Although the role of technical mediation has been of interest to philosophers since the seventeenth century, the Internet forces a reconsideration. As the public gains access to telerobotic instruments previously restricted to scientists and soldiers, questions of mediation, knowledge, and trust take on new significance for everyday life. Telerobotics is a mode of representation. But representations can misrepresent. If Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" was the defining moment for radio, what will be the defining moment for the Internet? As artists have always been concerned with how representations provide us with knowledge, the book also looks at telerobotics' potential as an artistic medium. The seventeen essays, by leading figures in philosophy, art, history, and engineering, are organized into three sections: Philosophy; Art, History, and Critical Theory; and Engineering, Interface, and System Design.
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"Every theory buff and media maven has seen them, flashing their trendy designs from the display tables of university bookstores: those dreaded cybercrit anthologies... The Robot in the Garden is a refreshing anomaly in this oversaturated, redundant field." - Erik Davis, Bookforum

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