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Yoshimi explores themes of mortality and the nature of humanity, particularly as mankind tries to recreate its consciousness in technology, illustrated in a loose narrative of a young woman fighting robots who are “programmed to destroy” people – one of whom falls in love with her and kills himself instead. Many begin by making tiny 150g robots that battle in Perspex boxes the size of dishwashers, before graduating to heavier and more deadly machines. When I first started fighting I was surprised by the comradery. If your robot gets totaled everyone pitches in to help, even the people you are fighting in the next round.” Professor Angela Doufexi, Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bristol, said: “Robot combat is a great way to test the mettle of engineering concepts and show how fun it can be to put theory into practice.

That’s according to Joe Brown, from Bristol Bot Builders, who has been making and fighting robots for nearly 10 years. Lescharts.com – The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2021. He said: "A lot of people in the sport aren’t actually engineers. It’s super low barrier to entry and you get plenty of garage builds. You get people with a saw and some spare metal going toe to toe with someone’s PhD project - and often the less complicated one comes out on top. Ng, David (March 14, 2012). " Flaming Lips musical to debut in late 2012, minus Aaron Sorkin". LA Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012 . Retrieved September 11, 2012.When Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was adapted for the stage, the automatons were reimagined as cancer, and Yoshimi as a character fighting for her life in hospital. The protagonist of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt.1 holds on for a positive outcome (“Oh, Yoshimi, they don’t believe me/But you won’t let those robots eat me”) amid a retro-futurist soundscape woven from electronic and acoustic instruments, including a rising keyboard line that strikes an almost hymnal tone towards the song’s end. Wayne Coyne blesses the results with one of his most emotive vocal performances. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt.2 Like many, Joe’s first taste of the sport came from watching Robot Wars on the BBC. But it wasn’t until he began an Electronic Engineering degree at the University of Bristol that he realised how easy it was to get involved.

Tyrangiel, Josh (July 19, 2002). " Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". Entertainment Weekly. p.74. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016 . Retrieved December 5, 2015. Charts.nz – The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2021. Lips Nailed For Cat Stevens Song Similarity". Billboard. June 27, 2003. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013 . Retrieved May 5, 2011. CD 5 – Live 2002+: Radio Broadcast WBOS (Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston, October 27 2002), plus Yoshimi Demo

“It was a complete surprise that people embraced it like normal music”

Garrity, Brian (July 20, 2002). " Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Music recording)". Billboard. p. 114 (29):18.