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SUMMARY:ABRI Lunch Seminar Mia Chang
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: We are happy to invi
te you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar The Vision-Reality Gap: Field Bifurc
ation in the Evolution of Robotics (1962-2005) by Dr. Mia Chang (ESCP
Business School, Paris, France) organized by ABRI and the KIN Center
for Digital Innovation.
The seminar will take place on Tu
esday, April 7th, from 12:00 to 13:00 (HG-06A37).
This is a lu
nch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/declining y
our emailed invitation by Friday, April 3rd at the latest (for cateri
ng).
Abstract
Prior work in organization t
heory has shown that, during the emergence of a field, heterogeneous
communities coalesce around a shared vision, often accompanied by hei
ghtened expectations and hype. Yet, we still have a limited understan
ding of what happens when such a vision fails and hype collapses. We
investigate this question through an extensive set of archival data a
nd oral histories on the emergence of the field of robotics from 1962
to 2005. We show that, initially, the industrial and research commun
ity entered the field with a near-term vision “automation” and di
stant vision “autonomy,” respectively. The field coalesced around
an intermediate vision of adaptive automation. As the perceived gap
between envisioned futures and present realities—i.e. the vision-re
ality gap—shrank with the first proof of commercial viability, shor
t-term-oriented and long-term-oriented peripheral communities entered
the field, pouring resources. However, as the intermediate vision di
d not come to fruition after a few years, the vision-reality gap wide
ned, leading to disillusionment. Attempts by the industrial and resea
rch communities to close it unexpectedly led to a bifurcation of the
field into two extremes: automation-focused robots without autonomy a
nd autonomous robots without automation, with a decline in the interm
ediate vision of adaptive automation. We contribute to the literature
by showing how temporal dynamics among diverse communities shape fie
ld evolution, and in particular, how efforts to close the vision-real
ity gap can unexpectedly spur field bifurcation. We also extend the t
emporality literature by theorizing novel mechanisms such as temporal
compression, decoupling, and the elasticity of the vision-reality ga
p.
DESCRIPTION: We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar The
Vision-Reality Gap: Field Bifurcation in the Evolution of Robotics (1
962-2005) by Dr. Mia Chang (ESCP Business School, Paris, France) orga
nized by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation. The seminar
will take place on Tuesday, April 7th, from 12:00 to 13:00 (HG-06A37)
.
This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by
accepting/declining your emailed invitation by Friday, April 3rd at t
he latest (for catering).
Abstract
Prior w
ork in organization theory has shown that, during the emergence of a
field, heterogeneous communities coalesce around a shared vision, oft
en accompanied by heightened expectations and hype. Yet, we still hav
e a limited understanding of what happens when such a vision fails an
d hype collapses. We investigate this question through an extensive s
et of archival data and oral histories on the emergence of the field
of robotics from 1962 to 2005. We show that, initially, the industria
l and research community entered the field with a near-term vision �
�automation” and distant vision “autonomy,” respectively. The f
ield coalesced around an intermediate vision of adaptive automation.
As the perceived gap between envisioned futures and present realities
—i.e. the vision-reality gap—shrank with the first proof of comme
rcial viability, short-term-oriented and long-term-oriented periphera
l communities entered the field, pouring resources. However, as the i
ntermediate vision did not come to fruition after a few years, the vi
sion-reality gap widened, leading to disillusionment. Attempts by the
industrial and research communities to close it unexpectedly led to
a bifurcation of the field into two extremes: automation-focused robo
ts without autonomy and autonomous robots without automation, with a
decline in the intermediate vision of adaptive automation. We contrib
ute to the literature by showing how temporal dynamics among diverse
communities shape field evolution, and in particular, how efforts to
close the vision-reality gap can unexpectedly spur field bifurcation.
We also extend the temporality literature by theorizing novel mechan
isms such as temporal compression, decoupling, and the elasticity of
the vision-reality gap.
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