Death of a robot: Repairing robots fosters social bonds
October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The news of a proper Buddhist funeral being held in Japan for more than 100 defunct robotic dogs initially struck Waki Kamino as odd.
But after a summer spent in Tokyo conducting hundreds of interviews with owners of social robots, Kamino a doctoral student in the field of information science and a robotics researcher came to understand the emotional and practical aspects of the funeral itself. S . . .
The news of a proper Buddhist funeral being held in Japan for more than 100 defunct robotic dogs initially struck Waki Kamino as odd.
But after a summer spent in Tokyo conducting hundreds of interviews with owners of social robots, Kamino a doctoral student in the field of information science and a robotics researcher came to understand the emotional and practical aspects of the funeral itself. S . . .