In the end, though, the subject of women and robots really ought to be taken in with a sense of humor.

An extension cord might be a good idea, and also circuit breakers.  Found at The Grumpy Owl.

Another bit of 3D art, suggesting that even in the most banal of domestic settings, our robot pets will get horny.  And who can blame them, really.

Found here.

And here we get a little edgier still, with a 3D illustration.

It’s a promotional illustration for a site called FuckedByRobots.com, which appears to consist of 3D art stemming from the story premise that the robots invade, take over, and go on the prowl looking for pretty women to have sex with.  This particular illustration goes with the tag “Robots improve their fucking skills in the robo porn lab.”

I guess this is what we deserve for letting computers go on Jeopardy.

Our series gets a little edgier today with a turn to that excellent source of latter-day pulp, the Elvifrance cover.

I wonder what our heroine is looking at.

This particular cover illustration is from Elvifrance’s Serie Verte, which out of its various series strikes me as the most mad-science oriented.

The prinicipals in this illustration look like they’re having fun, although I could see it having a bit of a squick-or-squee character.

I’m pretty sure I originally found this at Janitor of Lunacy, but unfortunately don’t recall the original posting time.  As for the deeper image provenance, they style makes me think that this illustration almost must be Hajime Sorayama, although a quick flip through my copy of Sorayama Masterworks didn’t turn it up.

And now, having made a quick flip through Sorayama Masterworks (something I need very little encouragement to do, really) I must retire to chambers.  See you all tomorrow.

We continue the series with an iconic image which although it’s already all over the internet deserves a mention here, because it’s a gorgeous image.  It’s another afterglow moment (at least as I read the picture), called “Personal Robot.”

It’s the work of Los Angeles-based artist Franz Steiner, and you can see many more like it in his gallery.