I'm Here

I just watched Spike Jonze's short, I'm Here. Which is about Robots. And if you know me, you know I am big on Robots. I was really excited for this because I saw Her and was a huge fan of it, especially from a technological standpoint (expect more of that later).

While it is very sweet, it's treatment of it's robot characters touches on something that always bugged me about the portrayal of robots. Despite not necessarily needing a human shape, we continue to force them into humanoid bodies. I get that that's because humans love to see everything as humans not to mention that it makes better narrative, but given the history that Sci-Fi has for predicting the future (or at least how it looks- just look at the evolution of flip phones) I think we're heading in the wrong direction robot-wise. I know from personal experience that bipedal motion is not an easy feat and it's a miracle that we stand. Now there are companies like Boston Dynamics that have very successful  Bipedal Robots, but I see more everyday robots more resembling the Roomba.