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 Clara Wren - Week 3 - Robotics + Art

When referring to robotics, we have come to the conclusion that everything that comes down to manufacturing in industrialization has some form of robotics involved in it.  As mentioned in the introduction video by Professor Victoria Vesna, she mentions that “artists are the first ones that envisioned a lot of robotics in relation to science.” 

When looking into when robotics, art, and industrialization really came together and became popular, we can look at the printing press.  The printing press was the beginning of the assembly line production.  Gutenberg was a man that created his own inventions.  He made the first hand mold, which helped with moving mass amounts of metal.  This was a key component in the printing press. 

Changing the World- The Printing Press – Manchester Historian

Printing Press

Lula, Muneera. “Changing the World- the Printing Press.” Manchester Historian, 12 June 2016, https://manchesterhistorian.com/2016/changing-the-world-the-printing-press/. 

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Gutenberg

 “Johannes Gutenberg.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Mar. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg.

Once mass production began happening, workers began to be treated very poorly.  As Professor Victoria Vesna explains, “they were treated as if they were part of the machine.”  These workers were being forced to work so much and so hard, with very little in return.  

Now looking at robots, robot comes from the word “robota”, ultimately meaning work.  Workers began being replaced by machines, also known as these robots.  They are so advanced that they can do most things normal, living, human beings can do.  That is where science ties in with robotics too.  You need science, building, and testing to be able to make such technology.

Is Manufacturing Going to the Robots? - Meteor Foundry Co.

Robots

“Is Manufacturing Going to the Robots?” Meteor Foundry Co., 25 Feb. 2015, https://www.meteorfoundry.com/blog/manufacturing-going-robots/.

References:

“Johannes Gutenberg.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Gutenberg. 

Lectures Part 1, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/160989/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=5946326 

Lectures Part 2, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/160989/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=5946326 

Lectures Part 3, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/160989/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=5946326 

YouTube, YouTube, 26 Mar. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcPtv7tnKY&t=52s. Accessed 21 Apr. 2023. 

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