Merry Christmas!
Whit
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Merry Christmas from Robotics Under the Stole!
Before Thanksgiving, I got in touch with my friend, Ben Rollman, over at Robot Portraits or [url="http://"]Robot Portraits Facebook[/url]. This is where my robot portraits came from - by the way! I asked him about creating a special robotic nativity scene and offered a few suggestions about the content. Ben said that he draws a Christmas Card every year and would be happy for me to use it here – and did he ever come through!
I have enjoyed looking at all the detail. Like any sort of art – its interpretation has multiple possibilities. Here are some of the things I notice and/or wonder about...
Many nativity scenes have animals present – Ben has included Boston Dynamics' Big Dog, Sony Aibo Robotic Dog - and you might even include iRobot's Roomba as a small beast of burden! (A cat might have ridden it too!)
To the left (with Big Dog) NASA's Valkyrie (R5) and Curiosity (Mars Science Lab) - Are these nomadic shepherds who are drawn by curiosity to come and see or are they wise visitors from afar bearing gifts of new discovery?
To the right (with Aibo and Roomba) are ASIMO and an industrial Robotic Arm - maybe they represent those who do common labor and are drawn to this scene...
In the skies are a heavenly host of quadcopters - robotic messengers from above. See also - https://www.parallax.com/product/80300 ;-)
Behind the family is IBM's Watson - does Watson represent another wise visitor or perhaps even the Jeopardy that the child and family face and so flee to Egypt? Watson's logo is also reminiscent of the star which shown over the place.
Mother and Father witness in wonder the "unboxing" of the "newborn" gadget with its friendly little face. Interestingly, in Clarence Jordan's Cotton Patch Gospel, it is said of the parents and the newborn child, "They wrapped him in a comforter and laid him in an apple crate." Fun coincidence...
What do you see? How do you interpret this marvelous drawing? What did I miss?
May your Christmas this year be filled with wonder and creativity... I hope you find something robotic under your tree this year!
Before Thanksgiving, I got in touch with my friend, Ben Rollman, over at Robot Portraits or [url="http://"]Robot Portraits Facebook[/url]. This is where my robot portraits came from - by the way! I asked him about creating a special robotic nativity scene and offered a few suggestions about the content. Ben said that he draws a Christmas Card every year and would be happy for me to use it here – and did he ever come through!
I have enjoyed looking at all the detail. Like any sort of art – its interpretation has multiple possibilities. Here are some of the things I notice and/or wonder about...
Many nativity scenes have animals present – Ben has included Boston Dynamics' Big Dog, Sony Aibo Robotic Dog - and you might even include iRobot's Roomba as a small beast of burden! (A cat might have ridden it too!)
To the left (with Big Dog) NASA's Valkyrie (R5) and Curiosity (Mars Science Lab) - Are these nomadic shepherds who are drawn by curiosity to come and see or are they wise visitors from afar bearing gifts of new discovery?
To the right (with Aibo and Roomba) are ASIMO and an industrial Robotic Arm - maybe they represent those who do common labor and are drawn to this scene...
In the skies are a heavenly host of quadcopters - robotic messengers from above. See also - https://www.parallax.com/product/80300 ;-)
Behind the family is IBM's Watson - does Watson represent another wise visitor or perhaps even the Jeopardy that the child and family face and so flee to Egypt? Watson's logo is also reminiscent of the star which shown over the place.
Mother and Father witness in wonder the "unboxing" of the "newborn" gadget with its friendly little face. Interestingly, in Clarence Jordan's Cotton Patch Gospel, it is said of the parents and the newborn child, "They wrapped him in a comforter and laid him in an apple crate." Fun coincidence...
What do you see? How do you interpret this marvelous drawing? What did I miss?
May your Christmas this year be filled with wonder and creativity... I hope you find something robotic under your tree this year!
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And, of course, to all the other fine folks in these parts!!!!!
Amanda
The best "unboxing" I can think of!!!
(I sure hope those heavenly hosts are properly registered!)
Merry Christmas to all!
Here is my "on-line" Christmas card (uses Javascript)
http://ronczap.home.insightbb.com/xmas3.htm
Looks best on desktop PC - (move mouse cursor)
Seasons Greetings everyone!
Merry Christmas friends!
I'm chilling out right now, resting up. I have a long night ahead after everyone goes to bed at 9. Lots of gifts to wrap and gifts to assemble (bikes, electric scooters, office chair for wife). Dad may be tired tomorrow morning when the twins want to go out for a ride. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
https://santatracker.google.com/?utm_source=trackerhpp#tracker
It's a time travel thing. Basically he is delivering the stuff all year long. What should he do the rest of the year.
But it gets time-marked while delivering, so that it won't show up early.
Simple.
Mike
Happy holidays, everyone -- however you enjoy celebrating them!
-Phil
I was steeped in this stuff as a kid. It's part of my soul.
-Phil
Baby got Bach?
It's supposed to rain most of the day and it's unusually warm with an expected high near 80F. It really doesn't seem like winter at all.
Merry Christmas to all anyway
Merry Christmas to all.
Nice one Phil! My Mom and I watched it today.
In the meantime, record highs here (80+)! No snow this year...
It's a white Christmas after all !
We need pictures, or it didn't happen.
Actually we have had some rain lately, which is welcome for snow in the local mountains and keeping lawns alive, which took a beating this summer with CA water restrictions.
So our Christmas was more green than brown.
It's dark here. My phone camera is Smile and you would not believe me anyway
But here a is live webcam of Helsinki harbour. Latest image 5 minutes ago:
http://www.webcams.travel/webcam/1213456880-Weather-Port-of-Helsinki-Cruise-ships-web-cam-Helsinki
Or how about nearer the city centre:
http://www.webcams.travel/webcam/1208589039-Weather-Helsinki,-Lasipalatsi,-Finland-Helsinki