Aye, robots

**pulls out a can of machine oil**


Main Entry: ro·bot
Pronunciation: \ˈrō-ˌbät, -bət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Czech, from robota compulsory labor; akin to Old High German arabeit trouble, Latin orbus orphaned — more at orphan
Date: 1923

1 a: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being ; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b: an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically.

2: a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks.

3: a mechanism guided by automatic controls.


When I was young, we had Alan Parsons and I Robot. Then it got a bit evil


(Austin Powers)

followed shortly after by


(Will Smith)

oops, wrong one


(iRobot)

Other movies and TV shows gave us robots as tools and companions and to sci-fi writers, they were basics. Everyone knows about ultra-manufacturing using robotic assembly plants and most have seen those little robot vacuum cleaners that scuttle around like a rat on heat but I hadn't thought of the scope of their use,


(dinosaurs)

nor the abilities they now have and the resource efficiency they could bring. And think of the the fun they could be despite the jobs they could/will cost the ordinary people.





and they can even dance... cute, eh!



Not so cute is their potential use in warfare (imagine a saw or automatic weapon strapped to the snout of this)


(Boston Dynamics Big Dog)

but my favourite one would have to be


(Marvin)

"The first ten million years were the worst, and the second ten million they were the worst too... the third ten million, I didn't enjoy at all."

What brought all this on? I stumbled on something and the rest was automatic.

:0)