 | erdos0 |
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Mon Jan 4, 2010 12:52:13 pm
I have spent the last two days trying to design a robot that does not look creepy. It's much more difficult than I thought it would be. My early attempts looked like aliens, and a few looked like harlequin babies. All of them were creepy. I realized that the problem was trying to look too human without getting the subtle details right. To remove the creepiness, I had to make it more like a machine than like a person.
This is the tentative design:
Mon Jan 4, 2010 12:54:03 pm
The Wall-e/Johnny Five look would have been easier, but I do not want to have intellectual property issues.
Mon Jan 4, 2010 2:18:55 pm
The body shape is too unique. Anything resembling that would look like an obvious imitation.
Mon Jan 4, 2010 4:00:46 pm
What is the robot for? To go with the lamp?
Mon Jan 4, 2010 9:28:11 pm
Mon Jan 4, 2010 9:30:43 pm
re: comment#4
What is the robot for? To go with the lamp?
This is the plan for the animation:1) A UFO flies by.
2) Everything on this desk begins to shake:
3) The lamp falls off the desk.
4) The robot pulls off the lamp shade and puts it on its head.
5) Light emerges from the lampshade.
Mon Jan 4, 2010 9:48:11 pm
re: comment#6
This is the plan for the animation:
1) A UFO flies by.
2) Everything on this desk begins to shake:
3) The lamp falls off the desk.
4) The robot pulls off the lamp shade and puts it on its head.
5) Light emerges from the lampshade.
Cool1) A UFO flies by.
2) Everything on this desk begins to shake:
3) The lamp falls off the desk.
4) The robot pulls off the lamp shade and puts it on its head.
5) Light emerges from the lampshade.
Tue Jan 5, 2010 3:20:35 am
I think making it less human is how you make it less creepy.
Tue Jan 5, 2010 3:25:13 am
re: comment#8
I think making it less human is how you make it less creepy.
That was my conclusion.Tue Jan 5, 2010 3:15:07 pm
re: comment#9
That was my conclusion.
well then I support your conclusion.
Tue Jan 5, 2010 9:33:25 pm
i kind of want to see the harlequin baby robots.
Tue Jan 5, 2010 11:39:07 pm
re: comment#11
i kind of want to see the harlequin baby robots.
I deleted them, but they are easy to create. I may redesign one and post it.
Wed Jan 6, 2010 5:05:07 pm
re: comment#14
My favorite robot...
Was that on Saved by the Bell? I only watched a few episodes and never saw a robot, but the file name suggests that it was on the show.Wed Jan 6, 2010 5:06:02 pm
The one on the right looks like a blender/lamp hybrid. The purple one reminds me of a parasitic plant.
Wed Jan 6, 2010 5:06:56 pm
re: comment#15
Fat robots are also cute and non-threatening:
Interesting. I may use this as the basis for another project.
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20) chakra, Wed Jan 6, 2010 5:33:39 pm
re: comment#18
Interesting. I may use this as the basis for another project.
You should morph yourself and that robot to see what your babies look like. 