Building A Robot 101 - posted by The "Man"

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He stood in front of the sterile table, his alabasiter features contained withing the monochromatic greys of the suit that he wore, the suit was of course made froma fabric that would disapaite any static build up, and in fact was a rather interesting material, it has saved his ass from being electrocuted on several occasions, an errant spark jumping forth from the various systems that he could be working on. The room that he worked in was like the table, cold, chrome colored, the table itself the focal point of several lights, providing more illumination then what is found on the floor runners that line the windows that overlook the city and of course the opposing wall. Atop the metal slab lay his latest creation, the shell of a being, the result of a need to have a more..mobile personality, to have someone that could go out and see to tasks that he would not intrust to a human. : But you are human. :
The words scrolled across his vision in the translucent colors, superimposed over the view of the skeletal being that lay ont he tab, headless as of right now. The skeleton of the being that would act out his imbitions, the metal called Polytitaneseum, a high grade polyfiber material that was manifactured by his company, it was normally used for Military grade arms, however for him, he got what he wanted, the perks of owning the company. The material was a dull black color, speckled with spots of silver, a rather lightweight material considering its strength [Amazing], the metal having retained a fair bit of its flexabilty, this flexability will in the end help with the structural integrity, the give of the metal allowing for more physical punishment to be placed on it before becomming too stressed. Other then the white of his skin and the gray of his suit a black line trails down his right side, the line starting from his neck and snaking off his body, the line was in fact a wire that extended from his neck and snaked out into his computer system, this allowed him to increase his functionality, while he was working on the finer parts, the connecting of subsytems and of the servos that would power its leg, while he commanded the computer to start the intergrating of substems to the skeletal structure, the machine starting to add pieces of metal, the metal then being fused to the rest of the system as piece by piece the parts being to be added, however it is a long process...and will most of the day, however it was better then the weeks that normally it would take.

Machines building machines, so much for dues ex machinea, pretty soon it would be machinea ex machinea, however the concept is as pluasible as humans cloning humans, so really its not that far fetched, but still the coldness that is there, the almost forboding eerieness that seems to filter around the room, the rather hushed tones of the two arms that hang aboce the table on small tracks and rotating pads allowing for a full 360 degrees of control. The arms themselves multi ended, like a supreme swiss army knife, the arms having "fingers" small metal robs magnetically charged to pick up metal, however the frequency of the magnetism had to be changed, had to be altered, Polytitaneseum was rather resistant to the effects of magnetic pull, a characteristic that he enjoyed very muchly. Other then the fingers other tools included, a Plasma cutting torch, a Plasma fusion torch, and a few other devices, ranging from a voltameter all the way to a hydrospanner. The skeleton that was infront of him was not as complete as most would assume, the right arm only went down to the elbow and both legs stopped at what would be the knee caps, and this only would imply that either he was still working on the rest of the frame or that their parts were not to be installed yet. The sizzle of metal being fused on the atomic level, Archibalds own task turning out rather well, he had been noticing an aberration in the responce of the actuator for the left shoulder, the two small tools he held looking like they should belong in a dentists office, one looking like the poking tool that they use, the other looking almost like a thin pen. The first device actually split apart so that it could grasp things, the prongs very thing and small, the whole process requiring incredible percision. He would have to be careful, his face illuminates slightly as more heat is used, more energy. He pulls away, his connection to his computer allowing him instant access to the integrity programs, allowed him access to the diagnostic systems, already booting it up as he turned to look at one of the small screens over to his left, the table itself had 5 surrounding it, an image that looked almost like an EKG readout appearing on the screen, the pale man watching..wating...

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The scan quickly came to a finish, the read out showing that what ever abberation had affected the system had in fact been successfully purged, the device now running at optimal effeciency. Excellent, now he could move on, his little job done he steps back, to more pairs of arms sliding across the ceiling, now giving him 6 arms to work with as well as his own, however for this part he would sit it out, he knew he could not match the speed nor the percision of the machines, his human body was flawed he knew that, and he knew that even cybernetics would not fix it, it would always be there, pointing out the imperfections that plague him, however such things did not really bug him as much as they did spurn him on, the fact that he could not feel emotions helped him out in that department but was not the sole factor. The arms began to move in a harmonious dance, their movements so calculated, so fluid, so...wonderous. With the prime connections made it was now time to move on to the meat and potatoes of this, the arms now focusing on creating the backing for the main containment area, this of course in classic style taking up the chest, it was the only place that would provide enough room for all the major components to rest. The metal being added in sections to the back of the spine and forming makeshift ribs, almost as if the robotic arms were creating some sort of bowl. More fusions of metal to metal, more buzzing hissing sounds as the plasma works its magics, the wodners of burning at 5000 degress centigrade and higher...or over 9000 degrees Farenheit for all you yanks, so needless to say it was pretty hot, the areas in which the metal is fused looking similar to the common welding marks, however the strip is incredibly thin and alot more sturdy. The housing for the core chamber finished he smiles, the arms not stopping, a benefit to not tiring, now beginning to build the Power Core Contaiment unit, like all the other processes that he has used them for the parts being built peice by peice, corrections being made on the fly, pieces being reshaped slightly, shoud he had erred and misread a measurement, although such an occurance was frw and far between. He smiled as he watched the arms moving, working, creating life, proof that even inanimate objects were capable of creating life, perhaps the best sign that they themselves were in fact alive, though not as humans define it most assuredly, but then again plants and humans have little in common but they are considered to be alive, and evolution occurs all around all at once...who knows what it will bring next.

When the arms completelt their task they will have built a storing unit for the Power Core, the unit being just slightly larger then a pop can, though the energy that the core produces in unparralled. The choice in power soruces was of course a small Cold Fusion reactor, cold fusion or Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) as it is also known is capable of outputting large ammounts of energy, and also requiring low ammounts of energy to create the process. The process is similiar to normal Nuclear Fisson the main difference being that Cold Fusion requires a lower amount of energy to create the atoms to do their thing, he would save you all the technical mumbojumbo on how it actually worked though lets just say it involves atoms colliding with other atoms, the energy from such actions is what gets us the big boom. Well their was of course downsides to using this type of reactor and that was the fact that should it become cracked that it would become highly unstable the energy from the blow that causes the crack is more then likely also the reason that the device detonates, the process requiring a smaller ammount of energy to create the reaction and if not controlled like normal the energy would become to great for even the large batteries and capacitors that will be going into the system and well if its big enough it would start a chain reaction that would cause a small area to have the paint sucked off it and will give any passerbyers a permanent orange afro..at least within 400 feet of the epicenter. The wires being added now, being spooled together going off to connect to the various systems or in some cases to go to where it will eventually conenct to systems when they are added, like the right arm from forarm down, the left hand, head, and of course from the knees down on the legs. The wires composed of a Copper/Silicon hybrid allowing for the heat to be disapaited more quickly then normal but also allowing for a greater flow of enrgy to move, the ohmage very low in the wires, more so then normal ones. Although the Power core unit is one of the first components added, the actual powercore will be one of the last things added, he still had to work on coolant systems, batteries, capacitors, plus various diagnostic and general subsystems, this unit will have a variety of tasks, and will be fully loaded, once again the perk to owning a company who has an extensive robotics facility.

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Ah good everything was going according to plan, 15 minutes pass before the Energy Core housing was complete, which brought him to the backups, now here is where Archibalds paranoia really shines, as the machines start to work, adding the four batteries, each one the size of a regular size of an asperin bottle, these were the last line of defense, he of course was working in reverse to that which they will, but that was so that they were near the main system and that each one was near it, plus you always worked from in out...at least when it came to wires and hooking things up. Noe each of these batteries are large storage units that will get charged by the main unit when it comes online, he has calculated out the time that it will take to initially chare all the batteries and the capacitors that are soon to follow, and it wasn't that bad..just 7 hours, which is pretty intense when you consider that the power system can power an entire sector..but lets not nitpick. Back to the abtteries, each one produces 5.2 million volts at 857 quadrillion milliamp-hour, or that it could produce 857 quadrillion milliamps in one hour, a quadrillion being the sum that comes after a trillion, or if it draws less power then it can stretch it out..anyways, there are four of those which means 3.428 quintillion milliamp-hour. The batteries will provide 2 weeks of heavy use, or 6 weeks of minimal power consumption, though the times can vary on actual draw. The batteries are set up so that they charge themselves from the Energy Core and then work independently, more wires being criscrossed, splitters being added, though no real connections as there were more to come. Once the batteries were set up it was then time to move on to the capacitors. Four of those were added, and they would be just as powerful, though their energy will only produce a week of heavy use, or 2 weeks of minimal usage. So thats really up to a month with a empty energy soruce, or perhaps damaged circuits, which allows for plenty of time to seek a resupply..once they are built the wires are once again spun the connections this time being added, small sensors being added when the wirse have been set in place, the sensors to check for malfunctioning wires and to aid in the robot to tell when to use its back ups. The process to bring us to this point...85 minutes, 14 seconds.

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The power systems in place there was perhaps half of the chest area already taken up, and after the next installation there would be probably a quater of it left, maybe even a third of it left, it was hard to say right now. The 6 arms that worked like the perverbal busy little beaver moved up and down, fusing the parts together, the arms still dancing in their mechanic steps, as they began to install the coolant systems, there was a few of them, first and foremost the main collant system looking like a canister used as the Co2 cartridges useing in paintball guns, actually the main was 3 times that size, the coolant tanks to come are the previous size, however this larger one was going to be regulating the Power Core, which was why it had to be capable of handling a sizable load. The tank of course a super coolant, a blue gel that was a combination of liquid nitrogen molecules along with a synthetic material that acted like an insulator in the fact that the material retarded the rate at which the warmth took over the cold. The gel itself would remain in its gel state and at a very cool 33 Kelvin or -240.15 C..and once again for the Yanks..-400.27 F..so it is pretty cold, now it stays at this temperature for about 4 weeks if left in a room at room temperature, however with the addition of the secondary main system, a tank of liquid nitrogen that feeds all the tanks, keeping the Gel inside cold for an indefinite time. Wiring conencted the main tank to the Power source, although once again no connection was made as a splitter is first placed, multiple tubes to come still. Two small tubes running from the Liquid Nitrogen tanks, to the main tank passing into the pouter shell before being recirculated through out the entire system. Secondary coolant tanks, 12 of them are added, the chest now filled as much as he will put in them. Those 12 were of course all hooked up the Power Source, just in case, Archibald was paranoid plus why blow up on account of a small malfunction. The main purpose of the 12 smaller tanks is to cool the rest of the subsystems, that will be added in good time, wires leading to ever limb, though the left arm really only gets one tube, the rest divided up between the rest, the right arm having the most followed by the neck.

The components that would be going into the torso was finished and as easy as it was made to sound in the last post all the additions all the creations, all of that was a lot longer, 50 minutes, 3 seconds to be exact. Most would wonder why he would take so much time, why he would not just use one of the mass lines that he has that builds the robots that aid people in their every day life {Look for the Cybernetics/Robotics section of the catalogue comming soon}, it would take a fraction of the time. His reasoning was the driving need for perfection, he was alright with other people getting less then perfect products that definately high quality, but when it came to him, he had to have the best. He would not rely on the crappy parts of subsidiary companies, no he wanted to make sure that each piece was constructed flawlessly, was put together flawlessly, he was creating a work of art...a thing of beauty. The torso being finished he moves onto the next section, the left arm, probably the easiest part of this masterpiece, the one single wire, a bundle of 6 power lines, being extended into the bicep area at which point the arms begin to contruct a rather large container, encompassing the skeletal structure dozens of tiny support pieces connected between the new device and the bone as it were. This new device, an inch in depth, was in fact an Energy Amplification Core, a complex device in which the energy that flowed into it was focused, passing through layer after layer of focusing lenses. It is then beamed through Partical Capacitors, before exiting out the end of device roughly near the elbow area. Each time it passed through a focusing lense and once again through the three Partical Capacitors a little of its energy is syphoned off reducing the output down to 73% of the initial charge. The stolen energy is then collected and used to power the three generators in the device to activate, these generators really a refinement on nuclear power, the energy surging through three Heating cores in the generators, the cores surrounded by a synthetic gas that when exposed to heat amplifies it 1000 times, the heat being used to charge dozens of small generators with its energy before releasing it out the end with the original suply effectively tripling the energy output.

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The Energy Amplification Core in place the Coolant wire is nestled snuggly against the bone, running in the gap between the bone and the Amplification Core, the wire not even connecting with the device, the heat generators surrounded by a material capable of taking [Monsterous] heat, though such force is never produced in it. No instead the coolant wire snakes down and is then split into three sections, each wire going to a small container like object..looking like a smaller version of the round lip gloss containers. The first one is right after the elbow, mere millameters seperating it and the clear zone, the second is in the middle of the forearm and the last one is jsut before the wrist, the coolant wire, wrapping around the bone as needed, the bone actually jsut a protective covering for the systems that will cause his creation to live. These three new rounded shapes are the emitters for the shield that is being implanted in his body. The hands going as fast as he will allow them to, once again he was in no rush to complete this, he would make sure that it would be worthy of him. The Shield Emitters create a 2 foot wide by three foot high glimmer shield of Harmonizing Transflux Energy, the energy vibrating upon such a level that it becomes a tangible force, the polarity of the field having a sustaining inversion, acting more like a reflector then a shield, however as an effect to the inverted polarity the objects leech energy fromt he field, not enough to damage its integrity, however it is enough to cause the object to increase a step in speed, as if hitting a large elastic band. This shield is capable of withstanding [Incredible] damage. Thanks to the Energy Amplification core it can actually be forced to exute more force, however seeing as there is only one coolant line running to it, it cause the system to overload. The increase in strength is noticable, the integrity of the field strengthening [Monsterous] as the Amplification Core surges with energy, albiet for a brief time, lasting no more then two actions back to back. Once engaged in the hyper mode as it were the system overheats quickly although the failsafe can be ignored for a bit i.e. the two back to back actions. For every action taken with the shield at the increased strength the Harmonizing Transflux Energy Shield becomes inert for a combat post, and should the shield only be used for one action at the increased energy it will still require the cooldown period. When the hands were finished the arm..not bad only 42 minutes 43 seconds he was feeling good, not really, but as close to good as he could as he had only four more main areas left..yay.

[theman]

With the torso and left arm done he had really only three options, the right arm or either of the legs, the head was always left till last, it would have all the connectors it would be what brings this puppy to life. His choice is easy he would work on the legs as he could do both at once, splitting up the arms into two groups of three. Into the thighs the arm begin to construct what appears to be hydrolic systems, two major ones per leg surrounded by six smaller ones. Inside the tubes as they were was a thick light red gel that is able to absorb high ammounts of shock. The Hydrolics span the entire thigh area conencting with the knee joints, the hydrolics main purpose is to give the robot the ability to jump great distances [Remarkable Hyper- Jumping] and of course to be able to land without injurying the robot. The arms connecting the systems to the power source and to the internal wiring that will allow the robot to control its movements. The knee cap of course gets reinforced, having to take the punishment of the jumping as the arms begin to work their way down. Along the calfs are were the real fun begins as there the system that is added is rather complex. The devices are added to the calf bones, giving half an inch of clearance to the knee and to the ankle. These sevices are Gravitonic Field Generators, the system itself in lamen terms is a small gyro spinning at tremendous speeds, much like the G-force tests the administer to asternauts, however this gyro is actually also a complex energy conduit, which floods the field with extra energy heigtening it, the field then hits the walls of the gyrodome whose material actualy acts like a reflector, inverting the polarity of the field allowing for the user to lift off the ground and gain flight [Remarkable], the power increasing for the speed needed. The three coolant wires that go to each leg is split up between the jump enhancers and the Gravitonic Field Generator, two of them going to the generators and the remaining one going to the enhancer.

The legs took a long 94 minutes and 21 seconds, the dividing of the arms slowing the work down greatly though in the long run it was faster this way. However once again he has finished a section and it was time to move onto the right arm, the one missing its section from the elbow down, this was the what would make the machine really shine. Starting from the shoulders the 6 hands began to work, constructing wires, electronics, controls, hardwires, however that is perhaps for an inch for taking up the bicep wrpping around the bone like some sort of scraf is a capacitor, a large capacitor, giving half and inch clearance to the elbow, the coolant wires being fitted snuggly against the "bones" in what little gap there is between the "bones" and the capacitor being fed all the power lines which is inturned transfered into three exiting the capictor going around the elbow and then stoping as the arms begin construction of what will attach from the elbow down. The arms began construction of the Fusion Plasma Cannon, however unlike a normal fusion cannon this one is constructed so that it also serves a fully functional arm, this is accomplished by the piece being constructed fully, the forarm expands, the four pieces expanding a good 2 and a half inches up, the fingers breaking off and spinning so that they connect to the four peices the last one, the thum turning into the sight. The energy is focused in the Fusion Plasma Cannon into a ball of concise energy. This energy burns at over 5000 degrees centigrade the blast both energy and heat based the blast taking up a 5 foot area, inflicting a large amount of damage if need be [Incredible]. The rest of the hand also breaks apart as it exposes the barrel of the weapon. Once the device is built, the modulators and transformers being added to make the transformation into a useable hand possible. All three of the coolant wires being attached to the Fusion Plasma Cannon, the heat that it produces is quite enormous and requires a fair bit of cooling. 243 minutes 56 seconds to complete the task, leaving the head left before he could move on, just two more stages really from here.

The Cannon formed, the mechanical arms begin moving towards the head, the power and coolant conductors and the control components as well as two of the arms constructing the backing of the skull. Getting the backing complete the arms split into two groups as they began to focus on two tasks. The first was the positronic brain that would be the controlling factor of the robot, however the arms could only form the outlining of the device, all the components that would govern every factor of the body would have to be created by him, created by his hands. The outer layer constructed he commanded the arms to work on the second project, the Heat Emission Refractors, and the subsystems that go with it. The power lines are wound connecting to four small capacitors neatly placed where the eyes would be, allowing enough room for the eyeballs of course to be added. The capicitors then lead into the eyes, one each. The eyes are rather complex system, being a combination of a Full Spectrum Sensors and the components of the Heat Emission Refractors, the Refractors being the Pupil and Iris, the pupils being the barrels for lack of a better term where the beams of heat will be fired. The sclera or the white of the eye as it also known as of course being the Full Spectrum Sensors. The Full Spectrum Sensors provide a multiude of vision ranges, including infared, thermal, sonic, and for traces of electricty, and or metals, though those are just a few. It also allows for x10 zoom and for internal targeting, the system keeping track of up to 20 enemies and is able to grant a +1 step to its fighting ability its hands being guided. The Refractors emit a beam of super charged light the energy being refracted aroung a complex series of lenses, before being focused into a beam. The lasers burn at the same temperature as the energy released from the Fusion Plasma Generator, inflicting [Incredible] Heat Damage. The eyes finished, the vocal harmonizer being added as he stepped towards the lifeless machine.

[theman]

The positronic brain had already been built he of course would make sure of this, because this brain was not like any others, his robot would not have an Artifical Intelligence otherwise he would have been calling it an android like he should have, no this one had a high frequency, transciever and encryption system, the robot will be controlled from far, this tranciever sending signals to satelites which allow for it to be controlled any where on the earth, and with the encryption device that it has those wishing to hack the signal or even trace the signal will have a fun time, the encryption system having an [Amazing] capability. Picking up the brain he looks at it, knowing that there should be some feeling of proudness for it, like a father looking at its son, but instead there was only satisfaction in his work. Over to the lifeless machine he moved, his left hand reaching into a pocket as he pulls out his multi tool. Leaning over it he carefully slips the piece into the opened casing, a slot having been prepared for it. He slips it into the slot, the piece fitting perfectly, his tool comming out as he starts to fuse the pieces together, having to make sure that his spots are percise that his hand is steady. His face lights up as the fusion takes place several times, and then he steps back the arms finishing the rest of the job, creating the rest of the skull, creating the facial features and all the conenctions needed to keep the head together and then a small hole is left before he enters the test stage. Stepping over to the computer and watching the screen light up, his finger touching it several times as he begins the long test process. On the screen the scan begins a percentage bar appearing as well as a timer, counting down..just over 22 minutes...not that bad. While he waited he began preppy for the next step, the table upon which the robot was set moving into the next area, a large almost lid like object hanging over the top, dozens of tubes leading from it and snaking into the cieling. Not bad with the combined time of the scan it only took 59 minutes, 02 seconds...

Getting the green light from the first stage of testing like he knew he would, his work was of course flawless he would move onto the next phase of the testing stage. The wire that drifted from his neck deattached from the computer system snaking back into his neck as he moved the 20 feet to the next part of the robotics lab in his Office, it was the perks to having your office span an entire floor. Approaching the next station the wire once again snaked out, as if drawn to the port on the PC, the wire almost alive like a serpant, meeting the conenction and once again plugging him in. At elast his other half had given him piece and quiet while he did this, it was learning, which was a good sign, a very good sign indeed. Once connected his mind began to access the systems remember he sees as if two computer screens had been imposed over the normal sight so that he can see both the real world and the computerized one in his head. A larger arm, this one jsut a giant hand moved over, sliding along the tracks that he had in his office on both the cieling and floor, gripped in the mechanical hand was the robots Power Core. The device is lwoered down into the container that is set up for it, tubes, wires and other latches being connected, the system working itself, being fed power through the table. Once plugged in he runs his next test, seeing if the core can power it, that is after a thourough scan on whether or not the Power Cell was damage, the computer finding it having a non dimished integrity would then move onto the final tests before he closed it up for lack of better terms. 26 minutes 14 seconds later, he got the big green light...excellent he could proceed, the large lid lowering as the table began to hum and glow as a pink field appeared over the body, shimmering, translucent. The lid overtop of the body, the hoses that are fed into it begin to shake as a low whirl begins to emit from the device as liquid hot metals are being poured over the body like a cast of sorts, the glowing pink energy field a shield to protect the internal components from damage of having liquid metals at thousands of degrees covering it. The process would take 15 minutes for it to set, once the mold has been made the metal is then hit with coolants slowly to cool it down without placing that much stree on it. This layer of metal acting as the robots body armor, the metals of [Amazing] strength, except for the torso one, that one being coated with [Monsterous] strength material as he knows what could happen should the Cold Fusion core become damaged.

When the armor is set the lid does not move, a special coating being placed on the metal, this coating disapaiting heat and energy, causing the armor to protect it from heat and energy as well as force based damage. The application and hardening process takes up another 30 minutes, but once it is complete that it is cool sailing from there. The lid stays atop the body, the table no longer glowing or humming, the field ebbing as the last step begins, making the robot seem human. A fake skin is applied overtop the armor coating , the skin being a silicon synthetic that felt and looked just like real skin, a set of thick bushy red hair cropping his crown followed by the addition of red hair in all the right places. The skin process takes 22 minutes and then the hair takes a pain staking 40, however once done that the lid lifts off, the man greated by the rosey flesh of the man, the man seeming to be jolly even when lifeless, one that possess the zest of life. The helping hands come over, two of them actually as they places the finishing touches, two contacts, being fitted under the flesh, the man now having lovely blue eyes. And there laying on the table was the physical embodiment of Hank Rad....717 minutes 37 seconds..hearly 12 hours of work spent building him.