This is the fifth installment in my sculptural series The Classics. All the artworks are based on classic literature. Please see http://studio407.net/recent_work.htm for a detailed description.
Many of us are familiar with the Hollywood versions of "I, Robot" such as the film with Will Smith or Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams. Few know that there were two Books titled "I, Robot", one by Isaac Asimov, a collection of short stories, was published in 1950. However, a series of stories featuring a robot named Adam Link was penned by two brothers that went by the single name Eando Binder. The first of these stories was titled "I, Robot" and was published in 1939. Note: There is an old Outer Limits second season episode based on the Binder story and features a robot named Adam Link and a very young Leonard Nimoy, aka: Mr. Spock. The Will Smith film seems to be a blend of the two books.
This sculpture was inspired by Asimov's book, I, Robot and focuses on the end of the book where... SPOILER ALERT: robots take over the world, not out of malice, but to protect us from ourselves. One of the three laws of robotics, in summary, states that a robot can not let a human come to harm through inaction. The face-tablet, besides showing video of human faces, will also show clips of war, racial tension, strip mining, pollution, land fills, etc.
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Thanks Dave. I'll play with that when I get the new servo installed.
I still don't get that I'M impressing YOU. It really is the other way around. Your creative energy and commitment to B9 is astounding. And for the record, many of histories famous artists were laborers, engineers, and scientists. Tony smith, for instance, was a welder and brought that technology to the arts with his minimalist sculptures.
Fingers crossed that the new servo (a little smaller in dimensions) fits without too much tweaking