A Brief History of Japanese Robophilia

@article{Gilson2017ABH,  title={A Brief History of Japanese Robophilia},  author={M Gilson},  journal={Leonardo},  year={2017},  volume={31},  pages={367 - 369},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:191411400}}
  • M. Gilson
  • Published4 January 2017
  • History, Computer Science
  • Leonardo
The author discusses the particular penchant towards robots exhibited by the Japanese and attempts to explain the origins of this phenomenon through an analysis of Japanese pop culture characters. 

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