Religion and Robots: Towards the Synthesis of Two Extremes

Gabriele Trovato; Loys De Saint Chamas; Masao Nishimura; Renato Paredes; Cesar Lucho; Alexander Huerta-Mercado; Francisco Cuellar

doi:10.1007/s12369-019-00553-8

Religion and Robots: Towards the Synthesis of Two Extremes

Gabriele Trovato^*, Loys De Saint Chamas, Masao Nishimura, Renato Paredes, Cesar Lucho, Alexander Huerta-Mercado, Francisco Cuellar

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School of International Liberal Studies

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Abstract

Humanity has been dreaming of robots since the ancient times. Historically, robots — originally called automata — have been the products of technology and faith. The relationship between robots and religion has disappeared in the last two centuries, as science and religion parted ways, and have typically been seen in opposition. Nowadays, as robots and AI are going to spread in human society, new possibilities and new ethical challenges are on the horizon. In this paper, we summarise the state of the art in robotics and religion, and propose a taxonomy for robot morphology that takes into account the factor of religion. The taxonomy encompasses the novel concept of ‘theomorphic robots’, referred to robots that carry the shape of something divine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	539-556
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Journal of Social Robotics
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00553-8
Publication status	Published - 2021 Jul

Keywords

Design
History
Religion
Social robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science(all)
Social Psychology
Philosophy
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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