Rate them: Putting them in the order I like them, then assigning
numerical values:
0.08 Westworld robots
0.11 THX robot police
0.15 Astroboy
0.2 GONK droid
0.30 Maria, Robocop
0.31 C-3P0
0.38 Gort, Twiki
0.39 Bender
0.5 Robby, the Robot
0.6 Huey, Dewey, and Louie
0.61 MO
0.7 R2-D2
0.75 VINCent
0.76 Haro
0.8 Omega
(This seems to be the realm of pure machines, machines going down to
simple levers or pulleys.)
0.81 Treadwell
BB-8
TARS, CASE
Tachikoma
0.9 ED 209
0.95 Gertie
1.0 SID
I know I'm missing alot, any you all want to see rated?
On 2022-10-15 21:17:33 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
I know I'm missing alot, any you all want to see rated?
There is definitely a ton missing, but it would be near-impossible to
rank them *all*. Loads from Star Wars, more animated show ones (e.g.
Rosie from the Jetsons), as usual all the Asian and UK ones, such as
Doctor Who's Cybermen, Daleks (although more mechanical wheelchairs for
a living beings), Metal Mickey, "Humans" TV androids, Transformers, ...
It may also depend on what you term as a "robot". Something like KITT
is technically a car-shaped robot (self-thinking, self-moving, etc.).
On 2022-10-15 21:17:33 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
<snip>
Rate them: Putting them in the order I like them, then assigning
numerical values:
0.08 Westworld robots
0.11 THX robot police
0.15 Astroboy
0.2 GONK droid
0.30 Maria, Robocop
0.31 C-3P0
0.38 Gort, Twiki
0.39 Bender
0.5 Robby, the Robot
0.6 Huey, Dewey, and Louie
0.61 MO
0.7 R2-D2
0.75 VINCent
0.76 Haro
0.8 Omega
(This seems to be the realm of pure machines, machines going down to
simple levers or pulleys.)
0.81 Treadwell
BB-8
TARS, CASE
Tachikoma
0.9 ED 209
0.95 Gertie
1.0 SID
I know I'm missing alot, any you all want to see rated?
There is definitely a ton missing, but it would be near-impossible to
rank them *all*. Loads from Star Wars, more animated show ones (e.g.
Rosie from the Jetsons), as usual all the Asian and UK ones, such as
Doctor Who's Cybermen, Daleks (although more mechanical wheelchairs for
a living beings), Metal Mickey, "Humans" TV androids, Transformers, ...
It may also depend on what you term as a "robot". Something like KITT
is technically a car-shaped robot (self-thinking, self-moving, etc.).
On 2022-10-15 23:30:55 +0000, Your Name said:
On 2022-10-15 21:17:33 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
<snip>
Rate them: Putting them in the order I like them, then assigning
numerical values:
0.08 Westworld robots
0.11 THX robot police
0.15 Astroboy
0.2 GONK droid
0.30 Maria, Robocop
0.31 C-3P0
0.38 Gort, Twiki
0.39 Bender
0.5 Robby, the Robot
0.6 Huey, Dewey, and Louie
0.61 MO
0.7 R2-D2
0.75 VINCent
0.76 Haro
0.8 Omega
(This seems to be the realm of pure machines, machines going down to
simple levers or pulleys.)
0.81 Treadwell
BB-8
TARS, CASE
Tachikoma
0.9 ED 209
0.95 Gertie
1.0 SID
I know I'm missing alot, any you all want to see rated?
There is definitely a ton missing, but it would be near-impossible to
rank them *all*. Loads from Star Wars, more animated show ones (e.g.
Rosie from the Jetsons), as usual all the Asian and UK ones, such as
Doctor Who's Cybermen, Daleks (although more mechanical wheelchairs
for a living beings), Metal Mickey, "Humans" TV androids,
Transformers, ...
It may also depend on what you term as a "robot". Something like KITT
is technically a car-shaped robot (self-thinking, self-moving, etc.).
The Cylons and Muffit, the robot Daggit in Battlestar Galactica (the original, not Moore-Ron's crappy reboot version).
Possibly the Six Miliion Dollar Man and Bionic Woman (plus a bionic dog
in one episode), but even if cyborgs don't count, there was also a
couple of fully robot men, including a look-a-like one that replaced
Oscar Goldman.
On 17/10/2022 08:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2022-10-15 23:30:55 +0000, Your Name said:
On 2022-10-15 21:17:33 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
<snip>
Rate them: Putting them in the order I like them, then assigning
numerical values:
0.08 Westworld robots
0.11 THX robot police
0.15 Astroboy
0.2 GONK droid
0.30 Maria, Robocop
0.31 C-3P0
0.38 Gort, Twiki
0.39 Bender
0.5 Robby, the Robot
0.6 Huey, Dewey, and Louie
0.61 MO
0.7 R2-D2
0.75 VINCent
0.76 Haro
0.8 Omega
(This seems to be the realm of pure machines, machines going down to
simple levers or pulleys.)
0.81 Treadwell
BB-8
TARS, CASE
Tachikoma
0.9 ED 209
0.95 Gertie
1.0 SID
I know I'm missing alot, any you all want to see rated?
There is definitely a ton missing, but it would be near-impossible to
rank them *all*. Loads from Star Wars, more animated show ones (e.g.
Rosie from the Jetsons), as usual all the Asian and UK ones, such as
Doctor Who's Cybermen, Daleks (although more mechanical wheelchairs for
a living beings), Metal Mickey, "Humans" TV androids, Transformers, ...
It may also depend on what you term as a "robot". Something like KITT
is technically a car-shaped robot (self-thinking, self-moving, etc.).
The Cylons and Muffit, the robot Daggit in Battlestar Galactica (the
original, not Moore-Ron's crappy reboot version).
Possibly the Six Miliion Dollar Man and Bionic Woman (plus a bionic dog
in one episode), but even if cyborgs don't count, there was also a
couple of fully robot men, including a look-a-like one that replaced
Oscar Goldman.
And where's Hymie?!?!?!?!
Cheers,
Gary B-)
On 17/10/2022 08:33, Your Name wrote:
The Cylons and Muffit, the robot Daggit in Battlestar Galactica (the original, not Moore-Ron's crappy reboot version).
Possibly the Six Miliion Dollar Man and Bionic Woman (plus a bionic dog
in one episode), but even if cyborgs don't count, there was also a
couple of fully robot men, including a look-a-like one that replaced
Oscar Goldman.
And where's Hymie?!?!?!?!
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:54:06 PM UTC-4, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 17/10/2022 08:33, Your Name wrote:> >> > The Cylons and Muffit, the robot >>>
Daggit in Battlestar Galactica (the original, not Moore-Ron's crappy
reboot version).
Possibly the Six Miliion Dollar Man and Bionic Woman (plus a bionic dog
in one episode), but even if cyborgs don't count, there was also a
couple of fully robot men, including a look-a-like one that replaced
Oscar Goldman.
And where's Hymie?!?!?!?!
Hymie probably rates less than police detective Yoyonovich. At least,
the only difference I remember between Hymie and his actor, Dick
Gautier, is one joke about the robot's greater mass. Meanwhile, Yoyo
could produce Polaroid photos from his shirt pocket. (His actor, John Schuck, displayed great mass in a "Battle of the Network Stars"
probably during the run of this show. Stepping out to sit on the
platform of a dunk tank, it looked like it wouldn't be able to support
him even before his opponent started pitching. And why are you making
me remember this?!?!?!)
All androids nearly indistinguishable from humans go between 0 and 0.1,
with small differences like that differentiating them. Or sometimes
just an acknowledgement of how difficult that task (as opposed to
hiring an actor) would be. Veejur's reconstructed Ilia probe, with its
small osmotic micropump, puts her up near a full 0.1.
Data rates above the 0.1, because they didn't get his skin right, or
his eye color. Plus, he gets the cumulative effect of all the times we
see his head or limbs detached, or some port in his skin open to show
the circuitry beneath.
What I would like suggestions for is a complete zero: a robot naively
built with the full appearance of a human. "I've built a robot as an experiment; to see if it can walk and talk." "Why did you take the
trouble to give it skin, and a nose, and hair?" "Why wouldn't I?" (I
have become aware that 19th Century automatons were built in the shape
of people, even if they only sat at a desk and wrote out copies of a
poem.) I think there is a Twilight Zone episode that might fit. Maybe
the robot of "Small Wonder" or "D.A.R.Y.L." but I haven't watched
either.
There's certainly room for bionic ladies and gentlemen, which opens the
door for Cybermen and Daleks, and not to forget Darth Vader, "More
machine now than man." Commenting on their mechanical parts, of course.
On 2022-10-19 13:47:34 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
What I would like suggestions for is a complete zero: a robot naively
built with the full appearance of a human. "I've built a robot as an experiment; to see if it can walk and talk." "Why did you take the
trouble to give it skin, and a nose, and hair?" "Why wouldn't I?" (I
have become aware that 19th Century automatons were built in the shape
of people, even if they only sat at a desk and wrote out copies of a
poem.) I think there is a Twilight Zone episode that might fit. Maybe
the robot of "Small Wonder" or "D.A.R.Y.L." but I haven't watched
either.
There is "Weird Science" (move and TV series) and the TV shows "Humans"
(UK and original Scandanavian) and "Not Quite Human" ... among others.
There's certainly room for bionic ladies and gentlemen, which opens the door for Cybermen and Daleks, and not to forget Darth Vader, "More
machine now than man." Commenting on their mechanical parts, of course.
There's also Star Wars' General Grievous - original a living being who
slowly replaced almost all of his body with droid parts, leaving only
his brain, heart, and lungs remaining as organic. Thos too might have eventually been replace if he hadn't been killed in the duel with
Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Your Name wrote:
On 2022-10-19 13:47:34 +0000, Jack Bohn said:
What I would like suggestions for is a complete zero: a robot naively
built with the full appearance of a human. "I've built a robot as an
experiment; to see if it can walk and talk." "Why did you take the
trouble to give it skin, and a nose, and hair?" "Why wouldn't I?" (I
have become aware that 19th Century automatons were built in the shape
of people, even if they only sat at a desk and wrote out copies of a
poem.) I think there is a Twilight Zone episode that might fit. Maybe
the robot of "Small Wonder" or "D.A.R.Y.L." but I haven't watched
either.
There is "Weird Science" (move and TV series) and the TV shows "Humans"
(UK and original Scandanavian) and "Not Quite Human" ... among others.
Yeah, you mentioned "Humans" before, but it takes a while to get
through my thick skull. That's a fine example, particularly
considering it comes so late in the game. I had never heard of "Not
Quite Human," and it's a trilogy!
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