Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet

By: Ken Goldberg

Book Overview

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on telepistemology--the study of knowledge acquired at a distance.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262571544
• ISBN13: 9780262571548
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher