In this week’s lecture, I was surprised to see what is considered robotic! The most interesting part was the fact that the printing press is kind of the start of it all. Another aspect that I have always had a fascination with is the assembly line and the use of machinery to break up one job to many which makes production faster. I believe this is what people think when they think robots; machinery taking over. Although we see Robots as and art and also part of science, in a sociological perspective Robots ARE feared for various reasons. An example (although silly) that came to mind as soon as I heard the lecture was that of the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). The father of young Charlie loses his job due to the use of machinery. In the end, his father gets another job fixing the machine because it breaks down

This is a common fear of people within society. Another common misconception about robots and robotic like figures is that they are considered futuristic. Even the use of machinery in the work place changes the atmosphere of the work place.

Another aspect which relates more to the use of Robots as an entity with characteristics far different from humans is the movie Iron Giant (1999). Although this use of the world Robot really relates to the Cold War and the use of atomic weapons, a young buy finds a Robot who then in the end saves the world.

I asked a couple of my peers, if they had to  choose a word science or art to describe robots they all said science. This goes to show that although robots have an art aspect to them in the way their made and designed, the overall feel of what a robot really is, is science.

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"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(film)>.

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