Through recent artistic conceptions, we explore a world of advanced robotics and consider the philosophical questions one might ponder if robots were a part of everyday life. Essential Pittsburgh Production Assistant Rebekah Zook and WESA reporter Margaret Krauss visited Fraley's Robot Repair Shop in its final week Downtown and we spoke with Japanese contemporary theater Director Oriza Hirata at the Andy Warhol Museum.
Pondering a Life with Robots
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Robot Parts at Fraley's Robot Repair Shop/Art Instillation
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Service Display at Fraley's Robot Repair
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All Work and No Play Makes Robot a Dull Boy
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Rebekah Zook speaks to Toby Fraley about his Pop-Up Robot Repair Shop
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A service robot from the play I, Worker
Osaka University & Eager Co. Ltd.
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This robot in I, Worker conforms to the traditional notion of a robot with wide eyes and arms like a human
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A robot in I, Worker is humanized further with a feminine apron, these robots have human qualities, but not too human.
Heather McClain / 90.5 WESA
