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ROBOTS AND POETRY
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Kenn Nesbit’s poem, My Robot’s Misbehaving, comes from his book of children’s poetry, My Hippo Has the Hiccups (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2009). |
| Scryf is a robot that writes poetry in the sand. (In Dutch.) | |
| By poet Robert Pinsky, see Death and the Powers: A Robot Pageant. | |
| Robotics Poetry is a great middle-school-level project that combines robots and poetry. |
ROBOTS IN THE MOVIES
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Pixar’s animated film Wall-E features possibly the most appealing robot ever, a garbage-collecting bot left behind on an abandoned earth so buried in trash that life is no longer sustainable. Then Wall-E finds a growing plant – which alerts EVE, a reconnaissance robot with electric-blue eyes. Rated G. |
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Robots (2005) is an animated film set in a world of robots, starring Rodney Copperbottom, brilliant inventor, who sets off to the big city to try to make the world a better place. Rated PG. |
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In The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), a visiting alien and his all-powerful robot, Got, have come to compel humans to live in peace – or else be destroyed as a danger to other civilizations. Important phrase to know: Klaatu barada nikto. Trust me. Rated G.
There’s a 2008 remake rated PG-13 with a scarier robot. |
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Transformers! There are toys, cartoons, and a 2007 movie, Transformers. Rated PG-13. Plus sequels. |
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Robot & Frank (2012), starring Frank Langella, set in the near future, is the story of an ex-jewel thief whose son gives him a robot caretaker. The two develop an unlikely friendship. A wonderful thought-provoking film. Rated PG-13. |