(Insert robot voice here)"You are exactly .05 inches northwest of the beech tree which is exactly 37 years old and home to a family of possums! Would you like to play again?" Sometimes Tommy wished he hadn't made his robot to be quite so smart!
Robot- Illustration Friday.
Whew! Just made it! I was striving to get this in Sunday evening but the computer was pre-occupied with my partner's addiction to "Diner Dash!" LOL!
What a busy week end! I am surprised I came up with anything, let alone three pieces. You get to see my favourite. Sorry it's the rough draft...Again, busy, busy, busy!
Oh, and for you info groupies here's a little more...
History of "Robot"
The idea of artificial people dates at least as far back as the ancient legend of Cadmus, who sowed dragon teeth that turned into soldiers, and the myth of Pygmalion, whose statue of Galatea came to life. In classical mythology, the deformed god of metalwork (Vulcan or Hephaestus) created mechanical servants, ranging from intelligent, golden handmaidens to more utilitarian three-legged tables that could move about under their own power. Jewish legend tells of the Golem, a clay statue animated by Kabbalistic magic. Similarly, in the Younger Edda, Norse mythology tells of a clay giant, Mökkurkálfi or Mistcalf, constructed to aid the troll Hrungnir in a duel with Thor, the God of Thunder.
The word Robot was introduced by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. which was written in 1920 (See also Robots in literature for details of the play).
Concepts akin to today's robot can be found as long ago as 450B.C. when the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum postulated a mechanical bird he called "The Pigeon" which was propelled by steam. Al-Jazari (1136-1206) an Ortoqid (Artuk) Turkish inventor designed and constructed automatic machines such as water clocks, kitchen appliances and musical automats powered by water.
Source is Google's Answers.com.
19 comments:
Cute illustration!!! Thanks for the history too!
So lively and fun! Love the little possum dangling from the tree. Thanks for the fascinating info.
Funny drawing!
I can see that the possum is whispering to the robot - maybe that's why its so smart!
fun robot ellen :) love it as always!
Lots of fun, Ellen! I like the border and the animals are great - especially the possum!
Thie history is fascinating and the drawing is adorable! You've created three great characters and a fun little scene:>
fun, funny and charming!!! love it!
Awesome Ellen--love the "spotted" post too.
I love the happy robot as well as the expressions on the other three figures. great job
This is great!! I love the expression on the boy’s face. I would love to see this illustration with a little color! I bet it would really pack a nice punch! . .Oh and I wanted to sat too that I love the solid line work!
CUTE charming illo!
So funny! I love the dog :)
wow..this is a very nice drawing!!..it also has this retro-quality that I like!
Love the story line. I think we would have to program our robots with some randomness so that they would be more sun to play with. Very nice illo.
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P.S. Coincidentally, my e-mail notified me of your comment exactly as I was writing to your blog. Weird. Thanks for your kind words.
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Funny, interesting history, thanks for that, Poor Tommy, love the doggy
What a fun robot. He looks so cute and strange (in a good way)!
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Tommy, Tommy... what did you do? LOL!
Very cute... I love the possum. Great info, too!
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