A Simple Design Journal for Autonomous and Hybrid Mechanical Entities.



Sunday, June 5, 2011

Alvin





Designation: Set  05, "Alvin."
Model: AD - 060511
Series: Tadatsuna
Type: Autonomous Developmental 
Description: Full frame bipedal male type blank. Primed for latex, silicone, and organic cellular coating. Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene musculature.
Notes: In many sentient electronic circles, obvious bio-mimicry for purely cosmetic reasons is considered a social taboo. The exception of course is camouflage for the purpose of infiltration with the intent of extermination. Alvin unfortunately does not do that.
 

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Dirk




Designation: Set  05, "Dirk."
Model: AT - 060411
Series: Shigeyoshi
Type: Autonomous Support
Description: Vertical lift, sustained flight capable, liquid polymer application unit.
Notes: Dirk is a special use painting robot. Unfortunately, he is prone to sporadic project delays and rampant alcoholism. 



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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Sheldon

 
 
 
 
Designation: Set  05, "Sheldon."
Model: AT - 060211
Series: Kotetsu
Type: Autonomous Tactical
Description: Giant frame bipedal tactical buffer. Tri-layer positive resistance composite heavy armor. 12 meter standing height. Powered by three indispensable fusion generators.
Notes: Giant robots have been the dream of autonomous designers for generations. Until recently however large scale tactical models have been considered impractical. Now emerging new strategic philosophies have opened the doors for over-sized combat units. Previous thinking saw giant robots negatively as obvious targets, even labeling them as bullet magnets. Current battlefield data reveals that exploiting this factor, that is, employing a giant robot to draw enemy fire, actually increases combat effectiveness of accompanying smaller size units by over 45%.
 

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Merriam

Designation: Set  05, "Merriam."
Model: SSH - 060111
Series: Kunihiro
Type: Special Symbiotic Hybrid
Description: Autonomous personality driven augmented symbiotic armor. Integrated HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute. Female consort specific design. Light, RADAR absorbent nano-fiber armor.
Notes: With ever evolving technology, it is easy to neglect the more conventional approaches to combat. In one sense it may seem more effective to allow units to fly into the operational theater under their own power, however, aside from the economic ramifications, there is much to be said for letting armed soldiers drift quietly, undetected into the battlefield.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sherman

 
 
 
 
Designation: Zulu - Set  04, "Sherman."
Model: AS - 050311
Series: Jumyo
Type: Autonomous Support
Description: Bipedal maintenance unit. Intuitive cross-construct repair capabilities. Pragmatized logic drive, with object awareness. 
Notes: Sherman fixes things that break. Temporarily of course. But for quick, inexpensive fixes, that will most likely do little else than prolong the inevitable demise of all material object, no one does it with a cheerier disposition than Sherman.
 

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Monday, May 2, 2011

Moses





Designation: Yankee - Set  04, "Moses."
Model: AT - 050211
Series: Kaneyuki
Type: Autonomous Developmental
Description: N/A
Notes: At this point no one is sure what Moses was originally designed for. Actually, no one is exactly sure what he capable off. Discovered deep within a secret development vault after the liquidation of the Kaneyuki design firm, it is not even certain he is a finished product. What is known is that he is devoid of locomotion, outside suspended propulsion, his electronic brain is either impenetrably shielded, and perhaps coded in an unprecedented ciphered language, and he has no mounting for manipulator arms. He seems intelligent, but uninterested in communication.     

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Dick




Designation: Xray - Set  04, "Dick."
Model: AT - 050111
Series: Hiroshige
Type: Autonomous Tactical
Description: High speed underwater impulse drive. Amphibious mobility feature. Alternative organic power conversion system. Fully articulated manipulator arms.
Notes: Dick is an agenda driven specialized destructive force, if only in marine environments. On land he is rather a fish out of water.


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