Feeling Machines: Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care

by Shawn Bender

In recent years, debates over healthcare have accompanied rapid advances in technology, from the expansion of telehealth services to artificial intelligence driven diagnostics. In this book, Shawn Bender delves into the world of Japanese robots engineered for care. Care robots (kaigo robotto) emerged early in the 21st century, when roboticists began converting assembly line technologies into responsive machines for older adults and people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503640191
• ISBN13: 9781503640191
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"