Facepalm

Also isn't white just the natural plastic coloring before any dye?

Good ol' CNN post-purchase. Chasing racism and sensationalism over actual news...

White is an excellent color for a complicated robot. Marks aren't hidden. It's not taking light away when looking in at hardware, it doesn't shade surroundings as much, and it matches every other damn piece of scientific equipment they throw in to labs, too.

Color neutral and bright has utility purpose. CNN is too stupid and dishonest to know that.

Turns out lighter colors are perceived as cleaner and friendlier.

Or maybe hospitals are racist too? Or we need more hospitals with black walls and floors.

Outrage addiction is so real.

Aren't most plastics white or yellow by default? Making them other colors requires adding dye. Clear might be an option but it might be a little uncanny valley style morbid to see their parts moving around under their "skin".

The answer is albedo, white is easier to find of you lose it especially in space.

I'm so fucking sick of everything being politicized. Now we're doing it with fucking plastic....

Robots in actual use are painted safety yellow or orange, because they are a safety hazard. Thus we put up warnings, fences and light gates. Plus shutoff buttons everywhere and a multi step process to turn them on.

We need the semi transparent colorful plastics robots.

IMO we need to stop humanizing robots. There is no reason for a robot to be human in form. Form should match function. Furthermore, a humanoid robots elicit feelings from people that are not helpful or healthy. There are people who might ~~advise~~ abuse a robot because it isn't an actual person, it doesn't mean that their abuse is less mentally ill. They should be viewed as a machine and treated as such, no better than a car.

Ugh... can we just fucking stop already?

Ken Bone? THAT Ken Bone? Ew

actually, if we're painting them black, isn't that just blackface now?

It's not that people want to be upset, but that "news" sites get profit from clicks and attention. It's not that anyone cares about this, but saying people care about it gets hate views.

I mean, here you are talking about it...

Robots are white for the same reason Apple computers are white: to chase that 2001 A Space Odyssey aesthetic that's become shorthand for "futuristic."

Fuck it. All androids are now required to be highlighter yellow. That'll give em something to argue about.

Anyone remember the movie Ice Pirates? There’s a whole scene in there about the color of the robot.

Color: exists Newspapers: Does this color imply.. racism??