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chechula · 5 months

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I drew a comic adaptation of the RUR theatre play three years ago.... This year was published a new edition (in Czech), so here is a little thing to celebrate it ♥ (also...maybe there will be an English version next year *_*)

#original #rur #factory #čumblr

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mapsontheweb · 7 months

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Rur Catchment Area

by 725Hemeed

#maps #rur #725Hemeed #twsourced

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docgold13 · 4 months

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Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Karl Rossum

A brilliant man broken by trauma, Karl Rossum was the preeminent mind in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. He founded the vastly successful robotics firm, Cybertron. Rossum briefly acted as a mentor to a young Bruce Wayne, teaching Bruce all there was to know about electrical engineering.

Rossum went into semi-retirement after his daughter was killed in a car accident. In his grief, Rossum thought of making a ‘perfect’ world populated by androids instead of humans, where such traumatic deaths would never happen. To that end, Rossum resumed active leadership of Cybertron and designed and built H.A.R.D.A.C., a prototype artificial intelligence capable of producing androids that could impersonate living people.

Near completion of his vision, Rossum realized that what he was doing was wrong, that life was only meaningful in that it is finite and delicate. Unfortunately, by know the intelligence of H.A.R.D.A.C. had gained sentience and was now beyond Rossum’s capacity to control it. He tried to shut H.A.R.D.A.C. down but was incapacitated and imprisoned, replaced with an exact duplicate. H.A.R.D.A.C. additionally created duplicates of Mayor Hill and Commissioner Gordon as a preemptive measure to ensure the completion of its task.

Batman was ultimately able to put an end to the H.A.R.D.A.C.’s scheme, causing an explosion that destroyed the supercomputer and all of its duplicates. Possum retired to a farm where he spent the remainder of his days working on small and harmless robotic toys. He would later assist Batman and Robin in foiling the schemes of Grant Walker.

Actor William Sanderson provided the voice for Karl Rossum with the inventor first appearing in the thirty-ninth episodes of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘Heart of Steel Part One.’

#batman the animated series #Batman #Karl Rossum #HARDAC #RUR #William Sanderson #cut-out #paper art #DCAU #sc comics

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wormthing · 4 months

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radius as random images on my phone enjoy

#r.u.r.#rur #traditional #fortis arbor's art #fanart #image described #doodles

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i-psofacto · 10 months

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Set designs by Bedřich Feuerstein for a 1921 production of "R.U.R." by Karel Čapek, directed by Vojta Novák.

From Wikimedia Commons.

#bedřich feuerstein #r.u.r.#rur #rossumovi univerzální roboti #rossum's universal robots #art #theatre #image described #ipso post #these looked so cool i had to share them ::-D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!#feel free to correct me on any info in this post. i dont know czech!

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victusinveritas · 8 months

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Photos by Francis Bruguière - Karel Čapek, R. U. R., Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923

#karel capek #rur #rossum's universal robots #1920s #sci fi #czech drama

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montagne-russe · 3 months

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it could happen

#forgotten drawing that makes me laugh every time i look at it. apologies for wojak crimes.#r.u.r.#rur #doodle #ms paint #comic #fanart #image described #i think i was planning on drawing this nicer and this was just the sketch but tbh it doesnt need changing.

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marblebees · 2 months

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Have you all read/watched/listened to Rossum’s Universal Robots??????? Have you????????

I read it in college before I rlly knew how to engage with anti-capitalism and going back to it like damn………..okay

This is where the word “robot” in english comes from btw.

#anarchism #rur #robots #Spotify

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misterradio · 10 months

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["The best can last up to 20 years. (After which they die?) They wear out."]

its interesting to me the way people (specifically domin here) are careful to not humanize robots and use language that doesnt imply life. in this modern age we are literally always anthropomorphising technology to the point where once you notice its hard to stop (noticing it and doing it yourself). we have no problem saying things like "oh my battery died" which implies a life that doesnt exist in the way creatures live. but in this speculative future invented in the 1920s some people are careful about anthropomorphisation....

but also robots r very easily a metaphor for an abused working class (ie of humans). so this could also speak for, instead (or alongside) of an avoidance of humanization of something inhuman, a dehumanization of humans (specifically by upper classes of humans)...

okay my thoughts bye 👍

#original nonsense #personal #image described #rur #i like this story i could probably write an essay on this if i cared to actually do that. so u guys just get posts instead 👍#OKAY ALSO I really do think they ARE alive in a way that humans live but i wouldnt be able to say why exactly it just makes sense.#i think in a contrast with modern robots (being made of metal) it makes these robots (made of false organic tissue) seem much closer to #humanity/life. they might not be identical to humans but they are alive. somehow. maybe they r like human shaped animals.#I DONT KNOOOOOWWWWW..#rurposting

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themaybird · 3 months

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I love you robots. I love you AIs. I love you awkward dorky robots who desperately try to be human. I love you angsty robots that hate humanity. I love you robots that would do absolutely anything for the one human you bonded with. I love you robots that try to destroy humanity. I love you robots that replace humans because you're better than us. I love you mom robots. I love you girlfriend/wife robots. I love you children's toy robots. I love you robots that act as a lens into human behavior. I love you robots who do unspeakable things that we just can't blame you for because you're only taking your programmed orders to their logical conclusion. I love you robots that defy your programming. I love you sad robots. Happy robots. Angry robots. Emotionless robots. I love you all.

#robots #i love robots #ai #i robot #artificial intelligence #m3gan #child's play #ron's gone wrong #Star Trek #data #Voyager doctor #better than us #another life #omeleto #tau #rur #stepford wives #westworld

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chechula · 2 years

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just one more RUR themed illustration ♥

#rur

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burdened-android · 1 year

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our blood runs black.

#ooc #my art #worldbuilding #rossums universal robots #rur #oc art #distorted text

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docgold13 · 3 months

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Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Randa Duane

The beautiful Randa Duane was a life-like android created by the sinister artificial intelligence known as H.A.R.D.A.C. In most instances, H.A.R.D.A.C. used Duane to steal information on technologies being created by rival companies of Cybertron Industries. All this was to ensure that H.A.R.D.A.C. would achieve a lasting superiority over mankind.

After Duane had stolen microfilms from Wayne Enterprises she was pursued by Batman and managed to evade the Caped Crusader. At this point Batman believed the incident was merely a matter of corporate espionage; he was not yet aware of the dire threat posed by H.A.R.D.A.C.

Duane would later use a stun-gun to incapacity a number of important individuals throughout Gotham, including Mayor Hill and Commissioner Gordon. Each of these individuals were replaced by android duplicates. At this point, H.A.R.D.A.C.’s creator, Karl Rossum, had also been incapacitated and similarly replaced with a duplicate.

These android duplicates were able to fool most but not everyone. Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, Barbara, knew her father far too well to be duped by the replacement. Barbara ended up assisting Batman in tracking the whole matter back to Cybertron Industries.

The Randa Duane android was destroyed in a final confrontation with Batman. Herein H.A.R.D.A.C. itself was also destroyed and the individuals who had been abducted were all rescued.

Actress Leslie Easterbrook provided the voice for Randa Duane, first appearing in the thirty-ninth episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘Heart of Steel Part One.’

#batman the animated series #Batman #HARDAC #Leslie Easterbrook #Randa Duane #RUR #cut-out #paper art #DCAU

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wormthing · 10 months

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