Final Posters: Robot Equal Rights Movement

I ended up creating 4 posters, 2 in support of robot equal rights and 2 against. For the against posters I chose one from an extreme religious point of view and one from a generally moral point of view. The posters in support of robot rights come from what I imagined both Pepper and Palro's point of views would be, attempting make the viewer sympathise. I kept the graphic elements simplistic and used bold slogans to represent the general stylistic choices seen in most propaganda posters. In the 'God's Children' poster I used a popular technique I found when looking at propaganda posters, which is trying to insight fear and paranoia.

Robot equal rights posters process

I played around with the posters to try to give them a dated look. I wanted the robot revolution to seem like a past historical event and relate to the civil rights movement to make it seem more relevant.

Final Project Sketches: Robot Equal Rights

Sketches of ideas and layouts for robot equal rights posters. I wanted the posters to be both pro and anti robot rights. The posters for my final project will include cute Japanese robots on posters about equality, as well as anti robot posters.

Palro robot

Palro robot now speaks English 2011

Palro is a companion robot created by Fuji Soft. Something notable about Palro its ability to picture its surroundings and avoid obstacles. It's body can move a lot more than Pepper's, however as far as conversations go it's not quite as advanced.

Pepper the Robot

Interview with Pepper the robot 2014. 

 ‘Pepper’ was created by SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunication and internet corporation. Pepper can be found at SoftBank and other stores in Japan, greeting and informing customers. The most interesting thing about Pepper is his ability to perceive emotion and adapt accordingly. Seeing Pepper interact is fascinating! The way he banters and jokes with the person interviewing him felt very natural and the conversation flowed reasonably well.

Japan day 20: Osaka Castle

Our last day in Japan. Since we had limited time before we had to leave for the airport we decided to give Osaka castle another visit, this time in day time. I was glad we went because we got to see this lovely boat again in the full light of day. It was beautiful at night time too, all lit up.

I liked the way the trees contrasted with the castle, with the bright orange leaves and black branches against the extravagant architecture.

Japan day 19: Nara and Tōdai-ji temple

We spent a day in Nara, the capital of Nara Prefecture in south-central Honshu. There were many temples and shrines in Nara and  a lot of deer! The deer were obviously very used to humans and you could buy crackers if you wanted to feed them. The deer also would bow to you! A man told us that the deer were actually considered messengers of the gods in the Shinto religion. This is a deer on the steps to Kofukuji Temple.

We got to visit Tōdai-ji temple, a large Budhist temple opened in 752 AD. The temple was the biggest one we found in Nara, with an impressive interior.

Tōdai-ji temple contains the largest statue of Buddha in the world, made entirely out of bronze. I found out that the Buddha is 14.98m tall, and the shoulders are 28m across. Also an interesting fact I found is that a human tooth and objects such as jewls, swords and mirrors were found inside the statue from x-raying it. The items were said to belong to the 45th emperor of Japan, Emperor Shōmu.

At the top of a hill close by to the other temples was Nigatsu-do temple. The temple was a nice place to rest and you had a pretty decent view.

After dinner that night we went to see Osaka castle, which was easy walking distance from our hotel. We'd bought some cat food to help feed some of the stray cats in the area and actually met a fat ginger cat at Osaka castle. The cat obviously didn't need much food, but we gave it a bit and it cat on my lap while we admired the castle. The castle was build in 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a samurai, general warior and politician of the Sengoku period. It was incredibly how well lit it was at night time so that you could see it's entirety and even from a distance it was completely illuminated. At midnight most of the lights went out, but the windows still glowed and there was a dull orange light over it.