Tim Hornyak Show Notes
A conversation with author Tim Hornyak about the impact of Japanese culture on that nation's approach and relationships with robots.
- Tim’s book, Loving The Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
- Astro Boy, aka Mighty Atom
- Ironman 28, aka Tetsujin 28-go
- Gundam robot in Tokyo park
- Pepper, by SoftBank Robotics
- Hotel Okura, Nagasaki robot-run hotel
- Aibo, Sony’s robot dog
- Uncanny valley
- Freud, The Uncanny, 1919 article
- Big Hero 6, film and original comic
- Hiroshi Ishiguro, lifelike robot maker
- The Buddha in the Robot, by Masohiro Mori