Death
As this is the last tutorial, the professor asked us if we don’t need our robot anymore. I decided to bring it home. As a household robot, I think it doesn't want to be kept in the library.
After multiple travels between campus and home, it finally breaks. It used to happen, but before I will definitely repair it because I will have to use it in the next tutorial. But if this level of reason disappeared, will I also repair it?
I left it there for a day, and then repaired it. If it’s a real robot, accompanied me for a long time, and no longer functioning, I still want to keep its appearance, maybe as an art piece in my home.
Connections
In the tutorials, we discussed different types of connections during different stages in the life cycle and between robots and different groups of people. I, act both the manufacturer, and the user, have the feeling of both.
It’s not many material connections, as it was made of old technologies. But I do feel the emotional connection. I created the robot from useless materials, gave it some values, and imagined it’s helping me out around the house. This kind of complex, for me, it’s more like a vehicle, a camera, or a pen. These things stay so long around us, that we gradually see them as companions instead of merely objects.
However, on myself there is negative example: I used to own a motorcycle in the city where I did my bachelor. As I graduated, I sold it. At that time, I feel like I am just selling an object, not separate from my partner. My flatmate, who also has a motorcycle, rode it home and wanted to keep it. The reason for this difference, I believe, is the property of the object. I am selling a 400 euros motorcycle, which I bought second hand, and in inferior condition. But my flatmate bought a 4000 euros one, almost brand new. So actually the emotional connection is based on the value of the object. We humans tend to like fancy stuff.