human robot

Siena Jekel and Teo Sadowski

Human-Robot

Siena Jekel & Teo Sadowski

Human-Robot is a short film that explores what it means to be human and asks the question can a robot be human. this takes place in a future dystopia, where a robot who is not accepted into society finds humanity within himself and struggles with who he is. The project allows users to identify with the robot and its struggles with being accepted.

The film which is only a few minutes long can be separated into three scenes being the apartment, residential, and market. The apartment shows the robot's home as well as his poverty. There are human relics scattered throughout to show how his love for humanity turned into an obsession. The residential scene shows how the robot is left out and unwanted and most importantly how he is different. Finally, the market shows the robot experiences things like taste and joy that ultimately define him as human. Human Robot was made using Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, and Substance Painter. Maya and Blender were used for modeling, Substance Painter for texturing, and Unreal Engine for creating the environments. Human-Robot is questioning how humans differ from technology and how humans interact with it.


         Human Robot is a short trailer about a Robot who wants to experience what being a human. Set in a 3D dystopian world where the robot is making himself human and living in a simulation. He goes to a market to see humans eating apples and other fruit. He wants to try an apple so he does. We designed this to show how technology may learn from human actions. He also sees humans driving space cars around and he realizes that he is quite unfortunate and does not have many of the human privilege's that they have. He also notices that he is in a simulation where all of the towns are rundown and broken but when he puts his filter to change it, the towns become lively and new.