Robotics + Art
Ford’s assembly line is one of the largest industrial creations. An assembly line is a manufacturing process where parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. This had an enormous impact on society. It caused production to increase, and cost to decrease (Vesna). The goal of the assembly line is to become more efficient and reduce unnecessary human labor. This could eventually lead to humans being overtaken by robots for daily tasks (Hanson).
In Professor Machiko Kusahara’s lecture, she talks about Japan’s infatuation with robots and how robots are not nearly as popular in Western Cultures. An example would be Astro Boy. He was created by Osamu Tezuka and used him to combine animation, entertainment, and art with robotics. Walter Benjamin says, “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space…” (Benjamin). For Astro Boy, he gave the Japanese hope because he was created right after WWII.
David Hanson’s TED Talk about robots showing emotions and being able to respond to other people’s emotions, I started to think about them differently. In the film Wall-E, it shows that robots can have emotions and express them in very human-like ways. At the beginning, his only job was to pick up trash. He eventually falls in love with another robot. This movie shows that robots are closing to humans than we think and that will only be the case as technology advances.
Sources
"Astro Boy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Apr. 2017. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
Hanson, David. "Robots That "show Emotion"." David Hanson: Robots That "show
Emotion" | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p., Feb. 2009. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
Wall E. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney, 2008. Film.
Vesna, Victoria . "Robots and Art ." 19 Apr. 2017. Lecture.
"The Ford Model T Assembly Line." The Assembly Line: US History for Kids ***. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
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