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Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 200

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Robot No. 200.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 200 came rolling into the house ready to explore the human world! They wanted to know all about humans and how they function, and what makes them tick. They were so interested in human interaction and just wanted to sit and observe people for many hours. They had big plans, a notebook full of questions and I realized it was laid out like a science experiment!

I found Do-Gooder Robot No. 200 at the mall one day, notebook in hand, gauges beeping and booping. They were getting very close to people sometimes, and I could tell it was unnerving some. I had to take them aside and explain that most people would appreciate a space invader, and that they’d likely get more truer results if they observed from further away because they’d get to see people more naturally interacting.

After about a week of Do-Gooder Robot No. 200 spending time observing and collecting data from afar, they came home and announced that they now needed to process the data. They locked themselves in their room and we could hear loud clicking, beeping, boops. They were in there for a few days before we decided we better check on them.  We were shooed away. So, we waited.

When Do-Gooder Robot No. 200 finally emerged from their room, they were wobbly and having trouble rolling on their feet. They were off-kilter like they needed an alignment. Their gauges seemed twisted up too.  We rushed to see how we could help.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 200 started sputtering that the data didn’t make sense, they mumbled about no logical connections and no concrete fixed constants…they were quite unintelligible for a while. We finally got them calmed down, but they never really straightened out again.

They asked me how we do it, how we manage our world, and how it all works. I didn’t have answers to everything, but I did tell them that sometimes humans get help when they need it. And right away they wanted to be part of that help, so they decided to be a Do-Gooder for the Canadian Mental Health Association, and they’re hopeful that by being a Do-Gooder they’ll be able to help make someone’s world a better when they need it.

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

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Let’s make a new friend!

Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 156

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Robot No. 156.

When Robot No. 156 came through the portal, we barely got to say hello and welcome them and they were already asking questions about dinosaurs, archaeologists, paleontologists, and prehistoric times. To say they’re enthusiastic about dinosaurs is a gross understatement, but I don’t think we have a word that quite encompasses all of it.
 
They were thrilled when they found out that Morden Manitoba has fossils of the Mosasaurus, and Drumheller has the interactive museum, Regina has the world’s largest T-Rex, and British Colombia has the dinosaur discovery centre. They are beside themselves that Canada has such a rich history of dinosaurs, and that there are so many places they can learn more about them!
 
We had to commemorate Robot No. 156’s first visit to the museum and we got them a toy dinosaur. They couldn’t be happier running around the house roaring and stomping about!

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

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie