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Chloe Busha

Just how there was a custodian robot taking care of the "abandoned house" There are real life custodian robots that clean up the messy floors of our homes. There are also robots that "deliver" food to homes insuring it gets there safely.

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Emma Dinkmeyer

Ankara is similar to robots out in the world today, and example could be Ameca an engineered arts humanoid robot. This robot is responsible for school settings, elderly care facilities, and robotics/AI research. Uses multiple voice and face recognition sensors to detect human emotions and communicate through lifelike facial expressions and gestures. This is similar to Ankara in the sense that it can be used educationally to collect knowledge and teach others. This is quite the technological advancement as this robot can interact with humans without being strictly instructed, on what to say, what to do, and other basic instructions.

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the first prosthetic was made in 710 BC in egypt then in the 16th centry a french surgeon built functional limb. post cilvl war they started making more and more prosthetic and at the end of WW2 they made e-prosthetic today in sweeten thare are conscuously controlled limbs 7 are using this.

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In Rusted Robots, NoBodies are like pure consciousness and logic with no real physical forms, and their enemies were the humes. They hated the Humes because they were in physical bodies and were almost angry that the Humes had a real physical experience of reality. NoBodies cant make their own stories because they aren't physical and just collections of information.

This connects to our own reality because AI is an algorithm of data collected from us that cannot really generate anything 'new' but recycles the information we have put on the internet throughout the years. I think that AI companies want to create ways for artificial intelligence to have physical senses like the Humes. They also want to create an AI super intelligence and gather as much data from the world as they can so in a way its like a collective hive mind of information, sort of like the Ghosts.

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Addie autonomous vehicle

p102 She called the vehicle, and she was off with no driver

Today, we have autonomous vehicles

today the NHTSA has five levels of classification, from 0 people driving to five completely by itself

very similar to today

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In South Sudan, a team of scientists and mechanics are developing robots that are capable of taking care of crops, harvesting, and even growing/planting crops. Making sure to reduce most manual labor in Sudan and eradicate hunger around South Sudan. initially the TAAT Robotics is working to double the production of crops and livestock across Africa by equipping smallholder farmers with climate-smart technologies.

this movement correlates to our book and the Hume robots that are made to take care of the ruined world they live on now. I am researching a Hume named shay, a robot who was designed purely to caretake the earth. said to be one of gods servants and make sure the earth is restored back to its healthy state. she is 10 ft tall which could resemble that she takes care of forestry, crops,

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Oga Chukwu represents a mediator robot in our world today. In the book "Death of the Author," there is a part in the "Rusted Robots" section, Chapter 34, on page 280, at the cross-river gathering. Oga Chukwu was focusing onthe war that has been happening instead of saving all the humes, I feel as if mediators today are supposed to help nagotiations as the 3rdparty between 2+ groups in my eyes.

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Ava

In the book, exos enabled Zelu to walk and also run after her accident. In the real world, exos are used to help people walk. They are used in the medical field to help people regain mobility and strength. They help stroke patients with guided exercise during therapy. Exos are finding their way in a variety of fields. Industrial and occupational exoskeletons are being used on factory floors, construction sites, and warehouses to reduce the strain of physical work.

Passive exos can be said to help people perform physically demanding tasks. But they do not increase human capabilities per se.

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Central Bulletin (CB). It acts as a primary authority and storage for all info on the Nobodies. The CB is also the closest thing to a leader the Nobodies have. Ijele says it's out of obligation for the Nobodies faction.

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gost shella are the casing for the gosts it kinda like a phone case or a armer/b self expreshition

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the ghost shells were ai's like ajile that didn't have physical bodies.

We do have some sort of "ghost shells" those being Siri Alenexa and any other device that is vocally intelligent without a body, outside of a computer.

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An AI personal assistant is very helpful with scheduling and managing daily tasks as well as filtering notifications and calls, helping you prioritize certain people and tasks, allowing you to be as productive as possiblel. Like in the Zulu chapters, the real-world version of yebo is Connecteam wich is more business-oriented, but it is a very productive AI assistant app.

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RoBoats are Large autonomous robotic vessels that operate in the ocean. They travel underwater and periodically surface in groups (“seven gigantic RoBoats surfaced from below”). They have metal hulls, lights, and extremely loud horns, suggesting industrial or surveillance-level machinery rather than simple transport. After surfacing briefly, they submerge again and disappear, leaving no trace except waves. (Chaper 21)

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How are all these things connected to the book.

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How are all these things connected to the book.

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One thing I found really cool is these are all real things that are even getting better at doing what they are made to do. All this technology is seen in the book as a way for Zelu to gain her independence. Like when she found out about the self driving car she felt happy her family would not have to drive her around also giving her more freedom to go wherever she wants. Another way this is shown is when Zelu get her Exo's her family did not understand why she needed to have them and are scarred for her but she see's it as gaining freedom.

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Udide is a prominent, often invisible, giant spider figure in Nnedi Okorafor’s African-futurist works, representing a master artist and storyteller. The spider design is known to be a fairly good design for robots because it allows more mobility and structure.

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Spider-inspired joints make a leap in robotics - Advanced Science News

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Robotic joints inspired by spiders help researchers create a new class of jumping, grasping, lightweight robots.

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Owen Shenk.

Custodian robots in death of the author are robots that help people, These are robots that do human tasks such as Ankara who searches for story's, or Osun who takes care of the sacred Grove (in the end of the book). There are many custodian robots here on earth such as a Robot Vacuum, Or a snowblower robot, Or a lawnmower robot.

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Progressions of said technologies in real life

DNA splicing: The technology (CRISPr) has been used on human patients, curing a child of a metabolic disease called Severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1) deficiency. (May 15, 2025 https://www.chop.edu/news/worlds-first-patient-treated-personalized-crispr-gene-editing-therapy-childrens-hospital)

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Kiera

The roBoats in Death of the Author connect to real-world autonomous boats by showing how AI transportation can replace human jobs, control borders, and make decisions about movement and survival without empathy.

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this website shows that there are robots in space today

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars - NASA

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The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s

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A major part of Zelu’s story deals with robotic prosthetic legs she tries, showing how advanced prosthetics could change her life and sense of freedom.

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Logan

the Exoskeletons helped zelu walk and even run. around the middle to end of the book she gets this technology. In real life we are making Exoskeletons to help people walk. Exoskeletons can also make it easy for people to walk or run long distastes. But in the end Exoskeletons are still being developed so they will not be seen used in a common manner.

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While the exact name “Yebo” isn’t confirmed in the excerpts, the book features apps and services (like the one used to call the autonomous car) that feel like futuristic personal-assistant technology, helping Zelu interact with tech easily through her phone

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Drones in the story were used for surveillance and security for the robots

today in the real world, they used for all kinda stuff like cool vid shots and even in the news

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A character in the book is involved with a robotic exoskeleton “exos” — advanced leg-support technology that could help Zelu walk again after her spinal injury.

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In the novel, Zelu uses a self-driving car service she orders with her phone,

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Ijele was an AI bot in the book and thinking aboout real world situation like ChatGPT, but they can't swap bodys but maybe one day they will have bodys like a robot

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Zelu had something similar to prosthetic limbs that were called exos throughout the second half of the book. People everywhere use prosthetic limbs. Bethany Hamilton: Professional surfer who lost her left arm in a shark attack but returned to the water just one month later.

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There's these things and then there's our Networks that use ChatGPT.

Hell, I don't know. I'm tired, I have a headache, and a sore throat to top it all off.

- Mythius J. Sparks

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sand robots move on their own, work together in swarms, and adapt to their environment. The story shows them as highly flexible and coordinated, almost like a single organism made of many small parts. Their actions and teamwork are the main focus, showing how advanced and smart these robots are in the world of the book. Today, scientists are creating similar technologies. Swarm robots can cooperate to explore places like caves or disaster sites. Autonomous drones and robots can navigate on their own using AI. Soft robots can bend, crawl, or squeeze into tight spaces, much like the sand robots in the story.

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Hayden Hagberg

Today we have electric cars and some of these are self-driving. Self-driving cars still need some assistants, for example you still have to manually put in your destination. There has been a lot of backlash on these cars and safety concerns but engineers are continuing to makes adjustments.

In the book "Death of the Author" the autonomous Car worked a lot like self-driving cars. They were used as almost an ubar and that's also the main use of self-driving cars today. In the book the autonomous Car was able to sense a plastic bag and stopped because of it. I don't believe cars today has the ability to sense a plastic bag.

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Katie Baril

Airport security bots

They are just like how we have metal dectors and airport security people and they make sure everything is safe and kept secure. As well as they allow who has freedom and who doesn't to travel at least. Along with we may get even more high security for things like aitports.

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Freddie W:

Humes

Humes in Death of the Author are human looking robots that help people by doing tasks that would normally require a real person. In real life, early versions of this already exist through humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus and Boston Dynamics robots, which can walk, carry items, and assist in work spaces, but are still much less advanced than Humes.

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Atlas, the world’s most dynamic humanoid robot, enables Boston Dynamics to push the limits of whole-body mobility and manipulation.

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In the book Humes are described as: human like robots designed to be "inheritors" of human culture, they are "rusted" robots, and are entirely conscious, and self aware.

Robots do exist in real life but not to the degree the Humes are. In real life the current most advanced robot is Ameca by Engineering Arts, it currently is a design platform for future AI and robots, and currently has no self autonomous capabilities.

Humes are a faction of robots in a futuristic Nigeria with no humans, they have physical bodies, a strong relationship to stories and cultures, the inability to create something new, empathetic, and are a tribal group.

A list of some Humes are: Ankara, Oga Chukwu, Shay, Koro Koro, Jim, Gele, and Egusi.

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Lucy Garcia

"Koro Koro" Humes

The humes, are human-like robots. But the one I was given is Koro Koro. I am just going to call them Koro. But Koro mainly specifys in Engineering and inventing. even helping Ankara at navigation and such.

I was not really able to find current like human robots used for engineering and inventing. But the closest I got was maybe the Tesla robots being made. There have been a few cases where I have seen videos of people using human-like robots to do simple tests. Mostly agility ones. Like doing back-flips and such. There have been plenty of cases of machines used to connect certain things and do measurements. That's kind of all I can think of or find at the moment.

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Personal Assistant App: Comparing our Ai app to “Death of the Author's" Ai. 

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Personal Assistant App: Comparing our Ai app to “Death of the Author's" Ai. 

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Cheyenne Rabenberg

Our Ai App "24 Me"

They have a lot of features like they can give your assistance on what to do, be on time, notes, calendar and much more. About 1.7 to 1.8 billion people worldwide engage in the Al tools such as the Ai app called 24 me.

“Death of the Auther’s Ai. "Yebo"

They had some good things with the Ai they used like this. Ai helped her with getting her life organized. Yebo connected her to social media which helped her from the kidnappers. In the chapter 40 Wala Day on page 337 Zelu is being chased by the kidnappers and she utilizes the Yebo personal assistant app to make called just by activating it through her voice. The app also connected with social media enabling the world to see and help her.

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As you investigate the different forms of automation from the book and look for connections to today and the future, post your thoughts and ideas here. Use the following format:

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