Thursday, April 13, 2006

Urkelbot: A Brief Study in Robot Feelings


Was the Urkelbot lonely? This is a question that has haunted me for the last 5 minutes. In the legendary episode, genius Steve "Quincy" Urkel creates a robotic image of himself to submit to a National Robotics contest. The revolutionary mechanical man was capable of doubling it's intelligence every 18 minutes and 35 seconds. It also mastered the moonwalk in a day, which is quite an scientific accomplishment.

The robot's downfall was due to it's immediate attraction to Steve's longtime love interest Laura. Shortly after cornering her with a cheesy pickup line, the Urkelbot was taken out by a fire extinguisher. Was it love? According to Steve, the machine had feelings and it's only crime was good taste.

Not learning his lesson, Steve creates the Laurabot, which I imagine caused all sorts of hilarity. I never watched Family Matters, so I have no idea. According to Family Matters legend, the Urkelbot was reactivated and is now fighting crime with the Chicago Police.

This is all fine and dandy, but some questions do remain. Is the Urkelbot still lonely? Did he get with it on with the Laurabot? Are robots capable of doing the nasty? If so are there pictures?

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1 comment:

  1. If there were pictures, they would be posted on my site.

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