What’s The Difference?

Zombies, a classic horror and gore monster/creature used in post apocalyptic scenarios. They are defined as reanimated corpses. This reanimation can come from a variety of sources, that being some sort of virus, or witchcraft, or some special event. Zombies are generally mindless and only live to eat as their goal.

Robots are seen as the modern-day future. Something that humanity is constantly working on and improving. They are simple parts that are formed together with the purpose of doing a task that was programmed into it. They can come in the forms of arms, legs, factories, as long as their purpose is a pre-designed task.

Automatons are an upgrade from robots that are becoming more prevalent in society  but not anywhere near as close to robots. They are less complex robots, made with a human aesthetic in mind. These could be from either wind up dolls, to dolls that can perform simple tasks like talking through pre-recorded voice lines, or do simple motions with their bodies. All pre-designed with tasks like robots, simply more human.

Androids are where things get complicated. They are nearly human. They can speak with tone, move fluently, and with the right kind of technology bleed and think they are human. Androids are the combination of robots and automatons that is so prevalent in the Sci-Fi community. Their are made with complex tasks in mind along with the goal of being as human as possible. Going as far to add a skin layer, add learning ai to allow for more human interactions. That is what makes an android.

Despite all their differences, these commonly seen creatures and electronics have a few similarities. The connections with zombies is a relatively slim one. The main things being their near human look if you ignore decaying flesh, torn apart body limbs, and hunger for meat. Even past all that they were once human and retain the parts of one. The other similarity being they have a task. That is to consume, which would fall just under the automaton level of simplicity. Speaking of which, the automaton shares its given task with all the groups, but mainly shares its purpose of human aesthetic with zombies and androids. Robots may be one of the odd ones out in this group. They are the only form here that doesn’t have to look human. All they need to do is accomplish their given goal and that’s it. When we get to androids, though, that’s where the similarities shine. They have the striking resemblance of humans along with zombies. They wish to maintain their aesthetic as do automatons, and finally they are able to comprehend the complex tasks of robots. Coming all together, the android is the link of all these creatures, fiction and non-fiction alike.