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|    Jack Bohn to Your Name    |
|    Re: Movie Robots: Working Our Way Up    |
|    16 Oct 22 04:10:29    |
      From: jack.bohn64@gmail.com              On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:31:01 PM UTC-4, Your Name wrote:       > 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, ...               I meant to rank Rosie! Somewhere about 0.42 or so. I may be giving too much       credit for the narrow wheelbase; I'm thinking if you did it live she' mostly       be supported by wires.whereas a live Bender would probably be someone with the       legs and arms made        of that flexible conduit cover, like the arms of Robby.              Every time I'm away from the computer I think of more robots, but when I sit       down at the keyboard I forget. I meant to mention that "Silent Running" had a       pool-playing robot, evidently based on what researchers at the time were       working on!               > 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.).              KITT! Definitely a robot. Also believable in what it can do -- as much as       any car on TV. yeah, maybe all the way up to 0.989.              --        -Jack              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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