Building a Synthetic

Building a Synthetic really wouldn't be all that difficult.

You have a seven strand wire running from Point A and Point B with an electrical current passing through each strand. Sensors at each end monitor the amount of electricity passing through each strand. The information is then sent to a central process monitor processing unit. At the other end of the network the electricity passing through the wires are connected to robotic arm that requires power out put flowing through each strand properly to ensure the work being performed is completed within accordance of the installed program.

You also have a emotional processor connected to the central monitoring process core.

For an unknown reason three of the seven strands suddenly stop carrying a current through them which causes the monitoring processors to alert the emotional response center. The ERC then begins running continuity checks to determine if the strands are broken. During the reduction of electrical power to the arm the ERC would emotionally act in a manner associated with the loss of almost half of its ability to use its robotic arm. Such emotions would be installed based on the emotions taken from humans associated with the various ailments of losing the use of losing the ability of half of an arm. The emotional processors would be based on a near infinite variable such as stereotypes associated with the left arm and right arm. Another robot watching the entire event would respond using its ERC based on how it has been built. It might laugh or it might have some words of encouragement. With the ERC running its emotional response program and not being able to determine if the wires are broken due to a continuity check, the Synthetic would return to a maintenance bay for servicing.

Now you take the above simple function and apply it to the entire body of the Synthetic full of sensors and monitoring processes that monitor the electrical current running through its system and you have a living Synthetic life. A life that would be able to determine if it is dying based on the severity of its electrical systems being damaged to point of Synthetic death taking place.

To make the Synthetic more alive a processor within the core of the Synthetic would alert the ERC that as it continues to lose electrical power due to damage to its electrical transfer systems that its memories would slowly be bleached from its memory.As the Synthetic loses its memories, each with their own ERC value that the Synthetic would not be able to replace the Synthetic would act in a manner to try and ensure that its systems were protected in order to keep from experiencing ERC death.

Here is what a Synthetic might look like on the inside.



ERC - 4 TB partitioned storage for emotions and + 2 TB learned traits storage
A learned trait such as hammering a nail or sawing a piece of board that is taught to the Synthetic. Other learned traits could include playing an instrument or learning how to fish.

Head Rotation Gimbal - basically a ball type pivot point allowing the head forward and backwards as well as side to side movement.

Neck Rotation Section - allows the neck to turn 180 degrees. Is controlled by the Rotary Cuff Function Block.

Rotary Cuff Function Block - controls the actuators for the rotary cuff elbow, wrists and overall hand and finger movement. Is also tied into the Neck Rotation Section and Head Rotation Gimbal actuators.

Fluid Pump - basically the heart of the Synthetic that pumps fluid throughout the various parts of the exo-skeleton so that actions such as lifting, bending and striking can be preformed. The major fluid lines are housed within the hollow exo-skeleton's. Minor fluid lines are housed on the outside of the exo-skeleton. The minor fluid lines allow an at the ready and any time rate of movement to be achieved while the major fluid lines allow for more strenuous exertions to take place. A simple rate of movement using the minor fluid lines would be walking on a flat surface. A moderate rate of movement would be walking up stairs. A strenuous rate of movement would be lifting a 75 lb box and then carrying it up a flight of stairs. During moderate rate of movement minor and major fluid lines are used with a percentage of major fluid lines being used base on the rate being preformed.

For example a Synthetic is walking up a flight of stairs. It would need 50% more fluid from the major fluid lines to adjust for balancing compared to using only 10% of its major fluid lines if a railing was used while walking up the same flight of stairs.

Battery - Produces power for the Synthetic to operate. The battery is basically the lungs of the Synthetic and is based on the intake of oxygen to create a charge necessary to generate electricity. This means that the Synthetic can suffocate if something in the batter fails to produce enough electricity to keep its primary CPU's and ERC functional.

Waist Twisting and Bending Function Block - allows the waist to turn 90 degrees left or right. Uncertain how to build the actuator motion block allowing the Synthetic to bend forward however. The only solution would be to have the Waist Block disengage from the main shaft as hydraulic shafts positioned in front of the Waist Block would pull the upper section of the Synthetic towards the ground and then push the upper section back up. The bending shafts would be connected to the lower section of the torso and upper section of the hips with a hydraulic shaft being placed every five degrees.

For example the Synthetic wanted to bend over 90 degrees to its front. The front shafts would draw into their lowest point while the shafts on the back would extend. The process would be very similar to how the boom of a Gradall Excavator extends outwards while second boom pivots at a second joint.



Motor Functions Processing CPU's - These units control the left and right walking functions of the Synthetic along with lateral leg movement at the hips.

Hip and Knee Function Block - Actuators that control the lifting of the entire leg, knee cap, ankle and toe movements.

The Skin of the Synthetic

The skin of the Synthetic is divided up into two parts the Outer Skin, which contains very thin wires under the skin. The wires act like nerves in the human body. Electricity is constantly flowing through the wires that act as a constant continuity check. The Outer Skin layer has four layers itself. Each layer has its own power grid capacity. Layer 1 = 2%, Layer 2 = 7%, Layer 3 = 12% and Layer 4 18%. With 18,000 wires per layer each wire has a percentage of ERC value. For example the Synthetic brushes up against a a sharp piece of metal and severs 1,000 wires in the first layer. Each wire constitutes a 1.111111111111111e-6 percentage of overall electrical flow or in this case blood. Multiplied by 1,000 wires severed would reduce in the overall electrical grid by 0.0011111111111111% of power loss in the area where the wires were severed. Basically a paper cut. The Synthetic could continue to operate normally until the end of the shift. After which the Synthetic would report the injury to the Mainframe and a service call would be scheduled to repair the damaged wires. The Outer Skin does not contain any major components but acts as skin to alert the Synthetic to an action that has taken place that could result in further damage that would then cause the Synthetic to re act in minor way using its ERC.

The Secondary Data Transmission Skin - This section of the skin contains four layers of the same type of wires as the Outer Skin, except more current is ran through the wires but not enough to fry the wires causing them to break. There 16,000 continuity wires in this region of the skin that are slightly larger than the Outer Skin wires allowing the wires to carry more electrical currents. Layer 2-1= 8%, 2-2 = 15%, 2-3= 20%, 2-4 = 30%. If the fourth layer of the second skin is cut into means that critical damage has occurred as the first four layers of the Outer Skin and the layers of the Second Skin would have been severed, Such a critical would be similar to being cut with a very sharp sword. If a Synthetic is damaged in such a manner it would lose the ability to use any motor functions below the cut wires. The Second Skin also contains minor fluid lines as well. Minor Fluid lines are packed between 2-1 and 2-2 and 2-3 and 2-4 at the factory. To create a unique feature, the minor fluid lines are placed in each layer differently for each Synthetic while being assembled at the factory.

For example a Synthetic is engaged in combat and has SK-4 critical. An SK-4 critical is when the both skins to the 4th layer of the second skin has been penetrated. An SK-4 critical is very severe for the Synthetic as such a critical will result in minor fluid lines being cut as well causing vital fluid to leak. If the Synthetic loses enough fluid it will not be able to function and could result in death of the Synthetic. After a certain amount of fluid has been lost the ERC is triggered to begin the bleaching process of the ERC itself. If a Synthetic loses up to 90% of its fluids the ERC is triggered and is not able to be stopped even if new fluid is given to the Synthetic.

Hollow Exo-Skeleton - Hollow material that is considered the "bones" of the Synthetic. The Exo - Skeleton houses the three major fluid lines that allow for moderate to strenuous activities as well as sections where minor fluid and major fluid can be combined to generate increased fluid pressure when needed. The Exo-Skeleton also houses all of the Motor Sensor Processors such as weight and pressure. Blocks connected direcly to the Major Fluid Lines and then to Minor Fluid Lines that are not used during normal or moderate allow emergency by-pass options to retain fluid if minor lines have been severed to basically trick the ERC into thinking that a section that has been severed is still receiving fluid. In this manner the Synthetic is able to keep the triggering threshold below 90% when SK-4 critical's have taken place. If a Main Fluid Line is severed the Synthetic will attempt to close the severed area off by cauterizing the wound. Cauterizing the wound entails sending a high voltage charge to a sealing block above the severed line. The block heats up enough to cause the fluid line to essentially melt. Cauterizing a severed major or minor fluid line however isn't also 100% and may still resist in fluid loss resulting in ERC death.








Skin Layer Composition : Classified
Heat Tolerance : Classified
Cold Tolerance : Classified
Radiation Tolerance : Classified
Projectile Penetration: Classified
CPU Processors : Classified
EM Resistance : Classified
Data Firewall and Anti-Virus : Classified
Water Submersion : Classified
Communications System : Classified

"That is if, you can get in."