A Pocket Guide to the Robot Revolution

Posted October 26, 2016

External Article: The Atlantic

Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote "A Pocket Guide to the Robot Revolution" for the November 2016 issue of The Atlantic.

Excerpt:

Paro (2003)
This therapeutic baby-seal robot makes eye contact and responds to a person’s touch and speech. 

Furby (1998)
A hamsterlike toy robot that could gradually learn to speak English. Tens of millions of them were sold in the late ’90s.

 

For the full article, read here.