Japanese Robot Culture

1. Introduction: The Japanese Robot and Performance
Yuji Sone

2. Robotics and Representation
Yuji Sone

3. Futuristic Spectacle: Robot Performances at Expos
Yuji Sone

4. The Anthropomorphic Robot and Artistic Expression
Yuji Sone

5. Robots, Space, and Place
Yuji Sone

6. Hatsune Miku, Virtual Machine-Woman
Yuji Sone

7. Competition Robots: Empathy and Identification
Yuji Sone

8. Robots that ‘Care’
Yuji Sone

9. Epilogue: Staging a Robot Nation
Yuji Sone

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Theatre and Performance Studies, Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)