Quotes about Robots

Robots... I think that is a hot topic. Votes: 4

Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly. Votes: 4

The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world. Votes: 4

My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul. Votes: 4

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do. Votes: 4

Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease. Votes: 4

Robots are good at things that are structured. Votes: 3

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies. Votes: 3

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything. Votes: 3

Robots may gradually attain a degree of 'self-awareness' and consciousness of their own. Votes: 3

Robots touch something deeply human within us. For me, robots are all about people. Votes: 3

Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence. Votes: 3

If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person. Votes: 3

Robots are the new middle class. And everyone else will either be an entrepreneur or a temp staffer. Votes: 3

Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers. Votes: 3

But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that. Votes: 3

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots. Votes: 3

Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? Votes: 3

Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from aliens. And vampires. And pirates. Votes: 3

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. Votes: 3

Originally, I wanted to call the band 'Guns 'n Robots.' I still believe that if we had just called ourselves 'Guns 'n Robots' we'd still be together. Votes: 3

[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you don't have to bring them back. Votes: 3

Robots will someday, or maybe, wake up. They may be really smart. They may be as creative, smart and capable as human beings, and fully conscious, and self discerning with free will. Votes: 3

I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women. Votes: 3

The Miata is taking the place of the 240Z . The fun of driving cars is the same as riding a horse. We need a car that is like riding on horseback. We are making robots. Robots don't like human control. Votes: 3

Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds. Votes: 3

Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were made in robotics early on, based on preliminary successes. Votes: 3

Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease." Votes: 3

We're going to have robots in the home, but they're not going to be walking. Legs are complicated, unreliable and costly. Robots are going to look and be designed to meet the function they're supposed to perform. People will still name them and connect with them. Votes: 3

Zombies, vampires, Frankenstein's monster, robots, Wolfman - all of this stuff was really popular in the '50s. Robots are the only one of those make-believe monsters that have become real. They are really in our lives in a meaningful way. That's pretty fascinating to me. Votes: 3

Robots are emotionless, so they don't get upset if their buddy is killed, they don't commit crimes of rage and revenge. But ... they see an 80-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair the same way they see a T80 tank; they're both just a series of zeros and ones. Votes: 3

Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with toy robots, while vacuum-cleaning robots are sucking up dirt in a growing number of homes and - as evidenced by YouTube videos - entertaining cats. Votes: 3

If you like strange, specific stuff - that's a nerd. Kanye West is a black nerd. He likes strange, specific stuff. If you go up to Kanye West and say, 'Hey, what are your favorite things?' He'll be like, 'Robots and teddy bears.' That's a nerd. Votes: 3

Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals. Votes: 2

I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them Votes: 2

... you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans. Votes: 2

When the robot mind is mastered, undisciplined thinking ceases and is replaced by awareness. Awareness can know love. Votes: 2

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Votes: 2

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. Votes: 2

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. Votes: 2

I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines. Votes: 2

Whatever he was-that robot in the Garden of Eden, who existed without mind, without values, without labor, without love-he was not man. Votes: 2

Nothing is true in self-discovery unless it is true in your own experience. This is the only protection against the robot levels of the mind. Votes: 2

A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics] Votes: 2

Beauty is and always is. You are absent. Why are you absent? Again your robot mind is the problem. It will not stay still and you cannot make it stay still. It is your master and it separates you from beauty and God. Votes: 2

A new study says by 2030 household robots will dominate every phase of our lives. The study says the No. 1 field for robot growth is medicine. That makes sense. Robots already perform well in surgery. That is, until there is a power outage. Then it's just a coat rack leaning over you as you bleed to death. Votes: 2

I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots. Votes: 1

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots. Votes: 1

Normally, in the presence of radiation, communication links fail. But with autonomous robots, you don't need communications. Votes: 1

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. Votes: 1

I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines. Votes: 1

We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions. Votes: 1

Nobody in this world was born to be the same as anyone else. Turning people into robots, especially children, is a crime against nature itself. Votes: 1

Thinking is a human feature. Will AI someday really think? That's like asking if submarines swim. If you call it swimming then robots will think, yes. Votes: 1

As a child I was very into gadgets and machines and robots. The idea of experimenting with machines to create art was always something I tinkered with. Votes: 1

If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that. Votes: 1

We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is changing... The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology. Votes: 1

Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent on that. Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy. Votes: 1

It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth. Votes: 1

Most of the robots being developed for home use are functional in design - Gecko's homecare robot looks rather like the Star Wars robot R2-D2. Honda and Sony are designing robots that look more like the same movie's 'android' C-3PO. Votes: 1

In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control. Votes: 1

Our robots are signing up for online learning. After decades of attempts to program robots to perform complex tasks like flying helicopters or surgical suturing, the new approach is based on observing and recording the motions of human experts as they perform these feats. Votes: 1

Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration. Votes: 1

Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done by people - this is happening. Society and technology is changing so fast, and the impact of the change on society and technology is global, not local. Votes: 1

If you look at the field of robotics today, you can say robots have been in the deepest oceans, they've been to Mars, you know? They've been all these places, but they're just now starting to come into your living room. Your living room is the final frontier for robots. Votes: 1

The job market of the future will consist of those jobs that robots cannot perform. Our blue-collar work is pattern recognition, making sense of what you see. Gardeners will still have jobs because every garden is different. The same goes for construction workers. The losers are white-collar workers, low-level accountants, brokers, and agents. Votes: 1

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside. Votes: 1

Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead. Votes: 1

Most robots don't program themselves. Votes: 0

Eventually, robots will make everything. Votes: 0

...robots pencil prescriptions for acid gas sunsets Votes: 0

Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing. Votes: 0

Schools vast factories for the manufacture of robots. Votes: 0

In the future, all robots will act like Don Knotts. Votes: 0

We're not all robots. There are emotions that creep in. Votes: 0

We're fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves. Votes: 0

We are all robots when uncritically involved with our technologies. Votes: 0

The benefits of having robots could vastly outweigh the problems. Votes: 0

People are fascinated by robots because they're machines that can mimic life. Votes: 0

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine. Votes: 0

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots. Votes: 0

Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children. Votes: 0

As a child I was very into gadgets and machines and robots. Votes: 0

Everyone’s gone mad, typing to themselves all day long like mindless robots. Votes: 0

The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots. Votes: 0

YES we have a soul but it's made of lots of tiny robots Votes: 0

Email is not going to disappear. Possibly ever. Until the robots kill us all. Votes: 0

I think we should all start worrying about being downloaded and put in robots. Votes: 0

Hate lawyers all you want. Unlike you, we'll never be replaced with robots. Case closed! Votes: 0

One day robots may babysit our kids, a job that has always required a human touch. Votes: 0

Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea. Votes: 0

Most great art is freedom within form. Without form, we are amateurs, without freedom, we are robots. Votes: 0

In the war between the humans and the robots, the humans had to win. Call me hopeful. Votes: 0

What will we be doing, when everything that can be done, can be done better by robots? Votes: 0

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun. Votes: 0

Is manned space exploration important? Yes - not least because it simply works much better than sending robots. Votes: 0

I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical. Votes: 0

Making love to robots will probably be great one day. It's just not a viable option right now. Votes: 0

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values. Votes: 0

Kids are really inspired to not just apply senses to robots and machines, but to try them on themselves. Votes: 0

We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention. Votes: 0

If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers? Votes: 0

Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots. Votes: 0

It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions. Votes: 0

Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-genera ted robots will take over our world. Votes: 0

As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable. Votes: 0

Our education apparatus can't be one that produces robots. That can happen in laboratory. There has to be overall personality development. Votes: 0

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. Votes: 0

When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere. Votes: 0

I don't want to be in a movie with 20 minutes of dialogue and then stand around while the robots start explosions. Votes: 0

In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. Votes: 0

Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'. Votes: 0

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden. Votes: 0

My most memorable science fiction experience was 'Star Wars' and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots. Votes: 0

Researchers here in New York created a robot that actually passed a self-awareness test. So if you're keeping score, that's robots: 1, Donald Trump, 0. Votes: 0

We're human beings; we're not robots. And face-to-face contact is something totally different than typing a text message and then forgetting about it. Votes: 0

My most memorable science fiction experience was Star Wars and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots. Votes: 0

Why do humans never do as they're told? Someone should replace you all with robots. No, on second though, they shouldn't, bad idea. Votes: 0

We aren't robots. What makes us exceptional as humans, is that we have the capacity to feel as many emotions all at once. Votes: 0

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people. Votes: 0

I feel like maybe I'm going to be in with the robots because they'll see the show [Westworld] and think I'm one of them. Votes: 0

The Régime did not want Communists; it wanted robots. It will take at least a generation to change them back into humans again. Votes: 0

Mitchell claimed that her materialist view leads to "humbleness." But it is not humbling; it is dehumanizing. It essentially reduces humans to robots. Votes: 0

Take away the robots and the special effects, and Star Wars is just the simple story of a group of friends planning a terrorist attack. Votes: 0

There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing. Votes: 0

It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans. Votes: 0

When I was building robots in the early 1990s, the problems of voice recognition, image understanding, VOIP, even touchscreen technologies - these were robotics problems. Votes: 0

The way that the robotics market is going to grow, at least in the home, is that we'll have a number of different special purpose robots. Votes: 0

All in all, I don't think robots and greater automation can bring about a utopian world as I imagined it would as a kid 50 years ago. Votes: 0

Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots. Votes: 0

People think footballers are all like robots - we can control everything on the pitch. But your heart is beating 200 times a minute; it's very, very physical. Votes: 0

I strapped an MP3 player to one of those floor-cleaning robots. Call him DJ Roomba - little guy cruises around and plays music. What's hot, DJ Roomba! Votes: 0

We'll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the level of one cell. Votes: 0

What people who are doing shift work or managing shift workers or deciding to put people on shift schedules to begin with should realize that we're not robots. Votes: 0

Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me. Votes: 0

Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi robots. That is the road to Greatness. Votes: 0

In the end, robots do things that people can do. So there is a cost above which you can hire somebody to do it, and that bounds the opportunity. Votes: 0

Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home. Votes: 0

Does anybody find it creepy how many Grant robots have been on the show? Is it just me or he like trying to clone himself and make a little army? Votes: 0

Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots. Votes: 0

Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots. Votes: 0

We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Votes: 0

Sometimes artists are control freaks and it's certainly important to have a vision, but within that vision you need to allow freedom and personality- or you light as well hire robots. Votes: 0

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals. Votes: 0

It's rather useless to write a gripping narrative with nothing in it but climate change because novels are always about people even if they purport to be about rabbits or robots. Votes: 0

Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird. Votes: 0

Consciousness surely does not depend on language. Babies, many animals, and patients robbed of speech by brain damage are not insensate robots; they have reactions like ours that indicate that someone's home. Votes: 0

When we did the pilot, I sort of pictured this guy pirating a signal and then this story unfolding of him building this satellite and these robots and watching these bad movies. Votes: 0

There's something so arrogant about us creating robots that are more and more human-looking or acting. It's like we're playing God. Let's create something that's a reflection of us, but it's inferior. Votes: 0

I don't think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools. Votes: 0

I don't see a future where we're all taught by robots. The real life, physical experience of being in a classroom and having conversations with knowledgeable people is immeasurably valuable and irreplaceable. Votes: 0

If God were to remove all evil from our world (but somehow leave human beings on the planet), it would mean that the essence of 'humanness' would be destroyed. We would become robots. Votes: 0

I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property. Votes: 0

For now, we assume that self-evolving robots will learn to mimic human traits, including, eventually, humor. And so, I can't wait to hear the first joke that one robot tells to another robot. Votes: 0

The future's come and gone; it's a thing of the past. That once impossibly exotic expression 'the year 2000,' for so long evocative of silver suits and robots in pinnies, now feels antiquated. Votes: 0

Some people have concerns about what it means to leave our responsibilities to robots. I think to some degree in every family, you've got siblings who disagree over the care for their parents. Votes: 0

I think there will always be a particular generation of actors who think that they're going to be replaced by robots. But certainly the emerging actors understand that that's part of the craft. Votes: 0

I think there will always be a particular generation of actors who... think that they're going to be replaced by robots. But certainly the emerging actors... understand that that's part of the craft. Votes: 0

There are a lot of robots who can open clicks. And they can click instead of human beings and this is damaging the confidence and the trust that the client has on programmatic. Votes: 0

They will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal. Votes: 0

Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there. Votes: 0

If ten eyewitnesses are asked to describe a suspect, you'll get ten different variations. The same applies to readers and their opinions about the same book. And that's how it should be; we're not robots. Votes: 0

The Master created humans first as the lowest type, most easily formed. Gradually, he replaced them by robots, the next higher step, and finally he created me, to take the place of the last humans. Votes: 0