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lb:androids [2025-09-12 09:03:21] – [Golem] ninjasrlb:androids [2025-09-22 07:02:15] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 57.141.0.25
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 ===== Description & Notes ===== ===== Description & Notes =====
 ==== Origin ==== ==== Origin ====
-The play [[playground:RUR|R.U.R.]] was the source of the word ‘robot’ and it's also a very unusual depiction of robots/androids by modern standards (fully biological). But we'll get into that later. R.U.R. could be seen as the place where modern androids actually began as a trope. The other major influence would be I, Robot, the book by Isaac Asimov.\\+The play [[lb:rur|R.U.R.]] was the source of the word ‘robot’ and it's also a very unusual depiction of robots/androids by modern standards (fully biological). But we'll get into that later. R.U.R. could be seen as the place where modern androids actually began as a trope. The other major influence would be I, Robot, the book by Isaac Asimov.\\
 Asimov made them fully mechanical; created the Three Laws of Robotics (which are bad); and established how robots are supposed to act. Asimov made them fully mechanical; created the Three Laws of Robotics (which are bad); and established how robots are supposed to act.
 ==== General Depiction ==== ==== General Depiction ====
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 The androids depicted here are 100% mechanical and, as far as I can tell, even the bits that look organic are...not. The androids depicted here are 100% mechanical and, as far as I can tell, even the bits that look organic are...not.
 ==== A.I.C.O. Incarnation ==== ==== A.I.C.O. Incarnation ====
-This one is another ambiguous example, as it could be argued that <wrap spoiler>the protagonist is an android</wrap>. Though it's probably better thought of as an artificially-grown human rather than an android.+This one is an ambiguous example, as it could be argued that <wrap spoiler>the protagonist is an android</wrap>. Though it's probably better thought of as an artificially-grown human rather than an android.
 ==== Alien ==== ==== Alien ====
 The androids in Alien are likely not self-aware and they're almost entirely mechanical. They also ‘bleed’ white blood. The androids in Alien are likely not self-aware and they're almost entirely mechanical. They also ‘bleed’ white blood.
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 They have the capacity to become self-aware, as Sunny is definitely conscious. They have the capacity to become self-aware, as Sunny is definitely conscious.
 ==== R.U.R. ==== ==== R.U.R. ====
-[[playground:RUR]] is the origin of the term ‘Robot’ which is originally Czech. Though this play also depicts androids.+[[lb:rur]] is the origin of the term ‘Robot’ which is originally Czech. Though this play also depicts androids.
  
 Depicts 100% biological androids, which is what makes it so unusual by modern standards. This is also the source of the Robot Uprising trope. Depicts 100% biological androids, which is what makes it so unusual by modern standards. This is also the source of the Robot Uprising trope.
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