We are the Robots - Wir sind die Roboter [English/German]
Dear readers,
while the whole family was knocked out by a flu virus during the last days, I started to dream about a little robot helper.
How cool would it be, if a little helper would take care of the housekeeping, including shopping, cooking and doing the laundry?
Just getting "sick" wouldn't be allowed for "Little Roby", or it would end tragically...
Liebe Leser,
während unsere Familie in den letzten Tagen durch einen Grippevirus außer Gefecht gesetzt wurde, habe ich angfangen, von einem kleinen Roboter-Gehilfen zu träumen.
Wie cool wäre es, wenn ein kleiner Helfer den Haushalt machen würde samt Einkaufen, Kochen und Wäsche Waschen?
Nur selber "krank" werden dürfe "Little Roby" nicht, das wäre tragisch...
"Little Roby" - Biro drawing (Feb 2018)
Where does the word "robot" come from?
The word robot was coined by artist Josef Čapek, the brother of famed Czechoslovakian author Karel Čapek. Karel Čapek was, among other things, a science fiction author before there was something officially known as science fiction, in subject matter along the same vein as George Orwell. He introduced the word in a play called R.U.R. The full title translating into English as Rossum’s Universal Robots, which debuted in January of 1921.
Woher kommt eigentlich das Wort "Roboter"?
Eines der eher seltenen deutschen Lehnwörter aus dem Tschechischen ist das Wort Roboter „künstlicher Mensch, Automat“. 1920 benutzte der Dramatiker Karel Čapek erstmals den Begriff robot „Roboter“, und zwar in dem utopischen Drama R. U. R. (Rossums Universal–Robots). In der Geschichte baut die Firma Rossum auf biochemischem Weg erzeugte Fronarbeiter: Roboter.
While writing this play, he struggled to come up with a word to name the robots, initially settling on ‘laboři’, from the Latin ‘labor’. He discussed this with his brother, Josef, and Josef suggested ‘roboti’, which gave rise to the English ‘robot’. ‘Roboti’ derives from the Old Church Slavanic ‘rabota’, meaning ‘servitude’, which in turn comes from ‘rabu’, meaning ‘slave’.
Eigentlich stammt das tschechische Wort robot, das in dieser Form ins Englische entlehnt wurde, von Karels Bruder Josef Čapek, und für die deutsche Endung –er sorgte der deutsche Übersetzer des Stücks. Grundlage des tschech. Wortes ist das Substantiv robota „Arbeit, Fronarbeit“, das auf das altkirchenslawische rab „Sklave“ zurückgeht.
Kraftwerk cover
Balanescu quartet - (Kraftwerk) Robots
Do you like robots?
Let me know in the comments!
Thanks for reading and stay curious!
Stehst du auf Roboter?
Ich freue mich auf deinen Kommentar!
Danke für's Lesen und bleibt nachdenklich!
@shortcut
creativity is based on freedom
Even illness can't stymie your creativity!
Your Roby is a cute little guy with a really friendly "Ausstrahlung." I really think you and @katharsisdrill should start selling T-Shirts with your drawings on them for SBD.
Roby made me think of a ancient SiFi film that made "Robby the Robot" famous in America.
Thanks Alan, we still need to find an on demand print-shop, that accepts cryptos. It's on my list.
The robot clip is awesome, never heard of "Robby the Robot" before ;-)
I was thinking more along the lines of T-shirts you could take to Steemit meetups or ship yourselves in the EU -- they would be pretty light if you fold them into a small package envelope.
People you know and trust could transfer the SBD and could produce as needed ;-) I'd be interested.
Meine Meinung ist dass wir (die Menschen) mittlerweile zu Roboter mutiert worden sind. Tag ein, Tag aus und immer die gleiche Muster: Aufstehen- Einschalten, Arbeiten bleib gleich (Sklaven so oder so),Essen-Schmieren, Schlaffen-Stand-buy usw... Wo ist den da unterschied?
My opinion is that we (humans) have become mutated into robots. Day in, day out and always the same pattern: getting up - switching on, working remains the same (slaves one way or another), eating - smearing, sleeping - standby, etc ... Where is the difference?
Naja, also dass wir schlafen und essen, das unterscheidet uns ja eigentlich eher von Robotern...
Was vielleicht ähnlich ist, ist dass viele Menschen sich lieber von anderen "einprogrammieren" lassen, was sie zu denken haben, was in oder out, gut oder schlecht, richtig oder falsch ist, anstatt selbst zu denken.
Aber solange wir Menschen Liebe und Mitgefühl pflegen, wird uns so schnell kein Roboter das Wasser reichen können.
I certainly wouldn't mind robot taking care of the housework bc i suck at it. I received the drawing and items you sent me, thank you very much!
Yay, who doesn‘t? Glad you received the package. Enjoy!
Hope you all start feeling better soon!
Here's a little tune following the theme :)
Instead of Save the Robots... it can be 'Name the Robots'
ENJOY!
Thanks Jeff, the tune is amazing. It's a great cross-over mix of fusion, ska, punk... and they are really jammin' it! I've never heard of them before. Great find, that will definitely help me to recover ;-)
They consider themselves Trance-Fusion Jamtronica... Only a 4 man band consisting of a bassist, guitarist, drummer and keyboarder that sends them off to other planets. Definitely my favorite band to see live. Glad you enjoyed @shortcut!
Yeah! Definitely would love to see them playing live. Until then I'm going to watch some of their shows on youtube :-)
Awesome. They have loads of live shows on their YouTube channel with professional audio and video. They usually give a free livestream of their shows with the same. It's always a treat.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUHJbzpOsOv4VvGt_ntVrg
Really cool! Thanks again :-)
Hi @shortcut,
Vielleicht sollte man noch einmal ältere Ansätze verfolgen. Das sah doch schon mal gut aus :D
Cooles Teil! Kommt meiner Vorstellung schon recht nahe. Danke für‘s Teilen!
Gerne. Der könnte noch etwas "handlicher" & "Platz sparender" sein.
Aber wer weiß!? Vielleicht konnte der sich damals schon zusammen falten und dann als Sitzball in die Ecke rollen. :D
Heh, I lived through the 80s without ever hearing of Kraftwerk. Then I heard one of their songs on Mr. Robot, and I looked them up. Have been listening to their greatest hits a lot lately. And now my 50-year-old loves The Robots.
Awesome! If you had lived in Germany in the' 80s, you couldn't have missed them. At least because of their influence on electronic music in general, they are highly appreciated here. But it's cool, that you discovered them now: Better late than never; -)
Re-reading what I wrote: I meant 5-year-old! Yeah, they're good stuff. Also weird to hear that one of their songs was totally homaged/stolen by Cold Play.
Yes, Coldplay is not the only band, who borrowed from Kraftwerk. Usually they don't like this kind of tribute, though.
Tja was Fieberträume so anrichten können 😂
Früher gab es schon bei uns Robi Tobi und das FliBaTüt (hieß das so?) und nicht erst seit Wall E sind Roboter gesellschaftsfähig. Bei uns kreist seit längerer Zeit unser Freund der Staubsaug-Roboter.
In sofern stehe ich natürlich auf Roboter.
Mir fällt gerade ein das ich früher einen Dickie Toys Roboter hatte, so mit Qualm aus dem Kopf usw 😂
Haha, an Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt kann ich mich auch noch gut erinnern.
Die qualmenden Roboter sagen mir im Moment nichts, aber ich erinnere mich, dass ich selbst mal einen Roboter aus einem Schuhkarton mit eingebautem Kassettenrecorder gebaut habe, der hat zwar nicht gequalmt, konnte aber "sprechen" und dank eingebauter Taschenlampe sogar blinken...
Funktionieren die Staubsaugerroboter mittlerweile so gut, dass sich das lohnt?
Cool! Jetzt erinnere ich mich daran ;-)
Du liebst Roboter, soviel steht fest.
Haha, ja :-) Wahrscheinlich, weil ich mich selbst manchmal wie einer fühle.
I think that robots are good to automate some things, but for some things I really doubt they can take over. When I get sick I still have to do all things I usually do, here and offline, cook and do stuff for my family, nobody really can help with that because my husband is out at work the whole day long ( literary 6am-10pm )so the only one who is left here is me. But, still, even if I had tech capability to get robot doing these things... I don't know, I don't think I would do it.
But... I have a microwave!
That counts right?
Haha, I don't think so ;-) I wouldn't mind using a bot for the laundry or for cleaning the dishes. On the other hand I'd fear, that such a bot would collect personal data about me. What I eat and drink and if I'm healthy or not.
Your dreams may be coming true sooner than you think
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
My main concern would be, that such a robot could be abused for surveillance...
They already are.