Unit 3: Robotics and Art


I have always considered movies and film a form of art, considering it is the creation of both cinematography and drama. Robots, on the other hand, I considered to be the ultimate work of science. I always pictured robots as boxes that were able to move, talk, but not feel emotion or understand other’s emotion. The only time I would see robots that showed emotion would be in movies such as “Star Wars”, where two of the main characters are robots who clearly have their own thoughts and feelings and whom people even grew to personally care about. However, after watching David Hanson’s Ted Talk about “Robots that Show Emotion”, I understand that this is actually a very real possibility.
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I never considered that robots would be used as a form of art, considering I never pictured them to be aesthetically pleasing, however after looking at the work of artists such as Ken Feingold and Freerk Wieringa, I see how they can be considered a piece of art.

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ComicBook. "Do R2-D2 and C-3PO Appear In Rogue One?" Star Wars. ComicBook.com, 05 Jan. 2017. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

Hanson, David. "Robots That "show Emotion"." David Hanson: Robots That "show Emotion" | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

Lipson, Hod. "Building "self-aware" Robots." Hod Lipson: Building "self-aware" Robots | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

"News." Freerk Wieringa. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

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  1. Kayla EberApril 24, 2017 at 1:23 PM

    Hi Jenna, You didn't make any reference to Walter Benjamin's piece that we had to read. I understand where you're coming from about robots being science and film being art, but there are other scientific aspects seen in film. I feel like you could have written more and gone more in depth. What about Walter Benjamin? What other artists combine robotics and art? What effect does this have on our society?

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