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