robobestiary
i thought it would be fun to celebrate the name of this blog, %%green%%robotamerica%%, with a little project: ;;red;;the robobestiary;;. this is the start of a little taxonomical logbook of robots. i hope you can enjoy. i've certainly had fun getting a start on it.
| specimen | icon | origin | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| // companion | |||
| r2-d2 |  |
star wars | astromech built like a trashcan, but full of personality, and an extremely resourceful friend. |
| astro |  |
astro boy | an atomic-powered sadboi, with a strong sense of justice. |
| wall-e |  |
wall-e | the last functional waste unit with a personality evolving from junk. |
| marvin |  |
hitchhiker's guide | a paranoid android with a brain the size of a planet, still, he is deeply unimpressed. |
| // soldier | |||
| johnny five |  |
short circuit | a weaponised military robot that achieves sentience and quits the military life. |
| t-800 |  |
terminator | skynet's cybernetic assassin that learns empathy from a teenage boy. |
| ed-209 |  |
robocop | enforcement unit with a catastrophic failure rate on stairs. |
| // synthetic | |||
| megaman |  |
mega man | former lab assistant, turned into a battle bot with a conscience. |
| david |  |
prometheus | passes for human but would prefer not to. |
| // posthuman | |||
| motoko kusanagi |  |
ghost in the shell | full-body prosthetic, don't let her ghost you. |
| joe shimamura |  |
cyborg 009 | kidnapped, augmented, + weaponised, but still moral. |
| // sovereign ai | |||
| hal 9000 |  |
2001 | no body + won't open the door for nobody! |