robots for good

Today is November’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Let’s make a new friend!

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 177

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 177.

When Robot No. 177 came through the portal and saw that Robot No. 174 is still making pies from their gigantic pumpkin they couldn’t contain their excitement. They started beeping and booping and buzzing about the kitchen talking about how they’d heard of these things called “pies” and how humans have such strong opinions about them and what goes into them and how everyone has their own recipe and they’re all a bit different and how in some places you could even win a blue ribbon for a good pie!

I wasn’t sure we’d ever be able to calm Robot No. 177 down enough to answer some of the questions that were streaming out of them, let alone to sit down and look at a pie. They’re now busy reading through all my cookbooks learning all about baking and pies especially. Every once in a while, they talk to themselves and I can hear them saying things like, “A savoury pie, what?!” as they lean in closer, or “I wonder if coating the crust with chocolate….”

I love how voracious their curiosity is and I’m so glad that once they’re done with my cookbook collection we have the library we can go to! And because they have learned so much about food, they’ve decided to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen.

Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is October’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Let’s make a new friend!

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 174

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 174.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 174 is quiet, and is often more of an observer and introvert than in the middle of all the excitement. They quietly came through the portal one day, and are always pleasant and kind, but sometimes it’s a bit easy to miss them if you don’t really see them because they are so quiet. They often follow us along and just take everything in.

Before Halloween, Robot No. 49 and Robot No. 173 were deep in Halloween preparations, and sent a bunch of robots out to the pumpkin patch to get the best possible pumpkins. Somehow it got missed that Robot No. 174 wasn’t with the bunch when they returned.

Turns out Robot No. 174 had gone deep into the patch where the biggest pumpkins were and was deep in thought thinking about all the amazing possibilities these pumpkins held. They missed when everyone else was coming back. Which, actually worked out for them, because they were able to spend so much time deciding which pumpkin was the best. They weren’t upset when they’d realized the others had left, they just started walking home with their gigantic pumpkin.

Unfortunately, we had to break it to Robot No. 174 that they’d missed Halloween, and all the pumpkins had been carved. They looked a little disappointed, but shrugged their shoulders and said that it would still make the best pumpkin treats – like pie, doughnuts, and pudding!

Robot No. 174 wants to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen so everyone can have good food to make them feel good when they need it the most.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 174 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is September’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 127

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 127.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 127 also came through the portal with their pet, and I’ll tell you that my worries about having a dogbot around disappeared when I saw an octobot!

But I took a deep breath and asked some questions – I was mostly concerned about them getting started by our loud house, and dogbot, and leaving oily ink stains around; Robot No. 127 assured me that octobot was well trained – had to be so they could live on the ship!

I was also concerned whether they were rivals of Robot No. 44, Robot No. 58, and Robot No. 59 or not. Luckily, Robot No. 127 did know them, but they were friendly. I’ve learned that robot pirates are ab it less territorial and dramatic than our pirates here.

The joy they bring each other is palpable, and they were inspired to be Do-Gooders for the International Animal Welfare Fund.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 127 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is August’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 159

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Robot No. 159.

Robot No. 159 burst through the portal the day they came. They loudly announced they were here and ready to take in all the arts. They had a tiny suitcase that was filled to the brim with art supplies, and they had so many questions about art and artists and many of the things they’d heard of before they came.

I shared my art history books with Robot No. 159 until we could get to a museum, which they devoured. Then at the museum, they were in awe, their eyes big, their gauges blooping and high-pitched.

Robot No. 159 started whispering to themselves about the inspiration, the colours, the feelings, the expressions, the textures, the mediums, the context, the subtext, the different perspectives, the horizon, the sunlight, and the sheer joy it all brings.

It brings me immense joy to share art with Robot No. 159.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 159 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is July’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 77

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Robot No. 77.

I know when Robot No. 77 has been editing the grocery list—there’s always butter, chocolate chips, and oats added. It’s really hard to not pick the items up though, Robot No. 77 is a very sweet robot, who has a very sweet tooth! 

Plus, they always help make the cookies, and it’s a lot of fun making cookies for our very full household! There’s always lots of giggles and lots of music. We end up having big conversations about what the best cookie flavour is, and who makes the best peanut butter, and whether fruit belongs in cookies or not.

We hadn’t fully explained the tradition of leaving cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve to Robot No. 77 though. They ended up eating Santa’s cookies because they cannot resist a good cookie right out of the oven, especially when there’s a cold glass of milk to accompany it!

And that’s why Robot No. 77 wants to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen, so everyone has cookies when they need them the most.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 77 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Robot Appreciation Day July 2

| Leslie Born
Seven of the initial Supermurgitroid Friends line up to stand together for the photo.

Good day Friends!

Today is Robot Appreciation Day! And yes, I did make that up, but I was sad when I didn’t see any robot-related days on any of the fun holiday calendars I use. I believe they deserve a day to be appreciated!

On top of that, my Supermurgitroid Friends are all trying to make their world a better place, so I wanted to help celebrate them and all the good they do.

How does one celebrate Robot Appreciation Day?

I can think of three ways:
– Do something good and kind for someone else today
– Do some self care for yourself today
– Buy one of my newly released postcards celebrating robots and doing good!

Each post card is $5 and then $2 gets donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association! (CMHA)

Available on my site, or message me to get yours today!

So when you buy this postcard to make someone smile, you’re also helping someone else smile again!

Let’s celebrate our robot friends, and doing good together!

Take care Friends, thank you for being here.

Leslie

SPeCial Announcement! Pre-sale is open for Handmade robot plushies (Robot hs 1) until June 30!

| Leslie Born

Hi Friends!

I’m here to announce that I now make robot plushies – their name is Robot HS 1! (HS = handmade squishy 😁)

I have had the joy of creating this pattern, and then seeing it come to fruition. It’s really exciting for me to open the pre-sale for these friends!

Each Robot HS 1 is 17 inches tall, and 6.5 inches wide; 10 inches tall when sitting. The fleece blanket material is very soft and comforting, and the buttons are thrifted! You get to choose which accent fabric you’d like – there are three options. The fabric in the Robot HS 1 pictured is purple/orange. Please note that these are not meant for heavy play, and because of the buttons, they’re not meant for children.

Each Robot HS 1 is $80CAD plus shipping, which will be Expedited Shipping from Canada Post once your Robot HS 1 is made.

Robot HS 1’s take me about 6 hours to make, and I will make them in the order which they were purchased, so you will get yours as soon as I’m able. I’ll be sharing updates on Instagram, so please follow along for the fun!

If you would like to have your very own Robot HS 1, please go to this link and purchase! Or feel free to share this with someone who you think needs a Robot HS 1 in their life!

The pre-sale is open until June 30 so don’t delay if you want your own Robot HS 1!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!

Take care,

Leslie

Today is May’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2024)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 112

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Please let me introduce my friend, Do-Gooder Supermurgitroid Robot No. 112!

Do-Gooder Robot No. 112 is an atomic friend with a big heart. They are a cheerleader each and every person and robot they meet.

One day they got a bit concerned about a conversation they overheard between two humans and they came to me to talk about it. The humans were quite upset, worrying about something in the future, they weren’t sure they were doing good enough, and they seemed so upset.

From what Robot No. 112 has observed though, each human they meet is doing their best and giving all they have. They think we are slaying the game, and that we are very hard on ourselves. Robot No. 112 wishes they could tell everyone they meet that we are our harshest critics, and then they’d give us their feedback about how awesome the thing we made is, or how fabulous we are – whatever we need to hear at the time.

Because of this, Robot No. 112 makes a donation is made to ADAA (Threadless) or CMHA (Etsy, Square, In-Person) whenever Do-Gooder Robot No. 112 makes a new friend.

Visit my Threadless Artist Shop, Square Site, or Etsy and you can spread some joy with Robot No. 112! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is April’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2024)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 12

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Please let me introduce my friend, Do-Gooder Supermurgitroid Robot No. 12!

This little bot has a piece of my heart intertwined into its core. Do-Gooder Robot No. 12 came looking for a glass of water at 3 am, but really, they just wanted to snuggle and have another bedtime story. Who could blame them? It was dark after a long day of travel to a new world. Robot No. 12 found it hard to be apart from the beings that are around all day, especially when they’re the ones who provide comfort and such warm feelings.

They settled in for the night after another good snuggle and reassurance that we’d be there in the morning. It can be tough to be a sensitive little bot. Because they’re made of metal, there’s an expectation of hardness. But it doesn’t always work that way. Each little bot is different, and has different things that bring comfort. I’m happy this little one was able to tell me they needed something, and that I was able to help them rest. I look forward to more snuggles, and more moments to connect with Robot No. 12.

A donation is made to ADAA (Threadless) or CMHA (Etsy, Square, In-Person) whenever Do-Gooder Robot No. 12 makes a new friend.

They’re part of the April Do-Gooder promotion too – buy an art print from my Square or Etsy site, and you’ll save 5% AND I’ll donate an extra $1 – so let’s do some good together!

Visit my Threadless Artist Shop, Square Site, or Etsy and you can spread some joy with Robot No. 12! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie