An android is a Robot[1] or synthetic organism[2][3][4] designed to look and act like a human, especially one with a body having a flesh-like resemblance.[2] Until recently, androids have largely remained within the domain of science fiction, frequently seen in film and television. However, advancements in robot technology have allowed the design of functional and realistic humanoid robots.[5]
Etymology[]
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Use in fiction[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (2002). Science in popular culture: a reference guide. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-313-31822-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeff Prucher (7 May 2007). Brave new words: the Oxford dictionary of science fiction. Oxford University Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=iYzi8m8FbEsC&pg=PA6. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ Brian M. Stableford (2006). Science fact and science fiction: an encyclopedia. CRC Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=uefwmdROKTAC&pg=PA22. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ Eric G. Wilson (10 August 2006). The melancholy android: on the psychology of sacred machines. SUNY Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-7914-6846-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=mSLiPUPESGcC&pg=PA27. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ Ishiguro, Hiroshi. "Android science.", Cognitive Science Society, Osaka, 2005. Retrieved on 3 October 2013.
References[]
- Kerman, Judith B. (1991). Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-509-5.
- Perkowitz, Sidney (2004). Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids. Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 0-309-09619-7.
- Shelde, Per (1993). Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fiction Monsters: Science and Soul in Science Fiction Films. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-7930-1.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboTurk_%28robot%29
- Ishiguro, Hiroshi. "Android science." Cognitive Science Society. 2005.
Further reading[]
- Glaser, Horst Albert and Rossbach, Sabine: The Artificial Human, Frankfurt/M., Bern, New York 2011 "The Artificial Human"
- TechCast Article Series, Jason Rupinski and Richard Mix, "Public Attitudes to Androids: Robot Gender, Tasks, & Pricing"
- An-droid, "Similar to the Android name"
- Carpenter, J. (2009). Why send the Terminator to do R2D2s job?: Designing androids as rhetorical phenomena. Proceedings of HCI 2009: Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century. Cambridge, UK. Sept. 1.
- Telotte, J.P. Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film. University of Illinois Press, 1995.
External links[]
- Humanoid Robot Video