Alone - A Lonely Robot Finds a Friend

I enjoy a simple story, well told.  As such Alone fits into that category perfectly.  Set aboard a future spacecraft, it tells the story of a robot given the lonely job of cleaning, polishing and maintaining everything while the humans on board wait out the journey in suspended animation.  After a while, the robot becomes lonely and decides to take some action to remedy the situation.  Soon, there are two robots. However, every action has a reaction – and soon there are issues aboard the spaceship.  There are difficult choices ahead…

This animated short was created by students at the UTS Animal Logic Academy in Australia.  It’s not long, but it’s perfectly formed.  There is a dash of WALL-E, a slither of R2D2 and a dash of Silent Running in the design of the robots – but they come across very well as their own creations.  The list of names involved is far too long to include here, but I would like to say a thank you to everyone involved in this wonderful creation!