An interdisciplinary collection of essays on telepistemology-the
study of knowledge acquired at a distance. The Robot in the Garden
initiates a critical theory of telerobotics and introduces
telepistemology, the study of knowledge acquired at a distance.
Many of our most influential technologies, the telescope,
telephone, and television, were developed to provide knowledge at a
distance. Telerobots, remotely controlled robots, facilitate action
at a distance. Specialists use telerobots to explore actively
environments such as Mars, the Titanic, and Chernobyl. Military
personnel increasingly employ reconnaissance drones and telerobotic
missiles. At home, we have remote controls for the garage door, car
alarm, and television (the latter a remote for the remote). The
Internet dramatically extends our scope and reach. Thousands of
cameras and robots are now accessible online. Although the role of
technical mediation has been of interest to philosophers since the
seventeenth century, the Internet forces a reconsideration. As the
public gains access to telerobotic instruments previously
restricted to scientists and soldiers, questions of mediation,
knowledge, and trust take on new significance for everyday life.
Telerobotics is a mode of representation. But representations can
misrepresent. If Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" was the
defining moment for radio, what will be the defining moment for the
Internet? As artists have always been concerned with how
representations provide us with knowledge, the book also looks at
telerobotics' potential as an artistic medium. The seventeen
essays, by leading figures in philosophy, art, history, and
engineering, are organized into three sections: Philosophy; Art,
History, and Critical Theory; and Engineering, Interface, and
System Design. Contributors: Albert Borgmann, Tom Campanella, John
Canny, Judith Donath, Hubert Dreyfus, Ken Goldberg, Alvin Goldman,
Oliver Grau, Marina Grzinic, Blake Hannaford, Michael Idinopulos,
Martin Jay, Eduardo Kac, Machiko Kusahara, Jeff Malpas, Lev
Manovich, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eric Paulos, Catherine Wilson
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