Robots

In light of contemporary discussions about the future of robots as "emotional laborers" and social service workers, Shalev Moran looks back at the history of underrecognized emotional services offered by Non-Player Characters in digital games and media, and what they can teach us about the role of robots in society

Robophobia or ‘fear of robots’ is a modern incarnation of the ancient fear of the next generation, fear of our own descendants. It can teach us much about our relationship with technology, the means of production, and the act of creation.

Cyborg in search of a heart appeared in the famous masterpiece from the early 20th century - a flashing red light that we have all missed in the last hundred and twenty years

We’re marking the Robot centennial, 100 years of revolution and evolution, aspiration and agony, a century of mutual inspiration between industry and culture, art and policy, science and science fiction. At the heart of the Utopia “Master and Slaves” edition is the age-old naïve and un-answerable question – What is a Robot?

Liam Young on the emerging spatial phenomena of architecture designed entirely for machines. An edited extract from “Neo-Machine: Architecture Without People” by Young featured in “Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post-Anthropocene”, Architectural Design, Vol. 89:1, published on Tank Magazine.