A TV program inspired me to draw a robot, very different from other robots I've drawn. Wednesday night I was watching a science channel (213) and was able to catch the last forty minutes of a program about practical advances in robotics. The program was an episode of a show titled “That’s Impossible” and this episode talked about the advances in robotic technology such as robotic exoskeletons, reasoning robots, fighting robots and autonomous robots. The exoskeletons that are currently under development are truly fascinating! I was so excited watching this show because it also touched up on the powerful reasons why autonomous robots would be dangerous. I especially loved the section of the program when robot fighters used for military purposes were discussed. If autonomous robot fighters were given the command to kill (and know how to do it), they can make decisions on their own and might decided that all human fighters are the bad guys. Just because it may be eventually possible to have autonomous robotic fighters doesn’t mean that it is the best idea. It would be great, but, their autonomous system needs to be perfected before mass-production is approved by both the military AND the government.
Anyway, about my new drawing… I was writing in my journal and robots were on my mind after that TV program, so I did a random doodle of what appears to be a robot with one of the cutesy Japanese designs (with the round big eyes and flat, almost-rectangular head). I was just going to draw the head, but then I drew the rest of the body, and even gave it joints. I think in my opinion it is the best drawing of a robot I’ve ever done so far, probably BECAUSE I drew joints for the elbows and knees.
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| Drawing by Amethyst Anne June 29, 2011 |
