I just have a little question about whether WALL-E and EVE would be able to feel cold if the environment was cold. Or would ice cover their electronics and they would stop working? So would an icy cold environment affect WALL-E and EVE at all? Thanks for helping me out!
I think they have internal heating systems designed so that the robots would not malfunction in cold conditions. They could stand in the rain for a litte while so i guess they could whithstand some elements.
Well, since EVE was built as a scouting robot, I am sure that it was manufactured to withstand extreme whether conditions as well considering that they have no knowledge of other planets’ weather patterns and such (hence, the scouting).
As for WALL-E, however, it’s a rather old model, and it’s meant for trash collecting only, so I’m afraid it will have its limits when it comes to weather resistance. Besides, its body was so rusted already it’s barely observable if it’s even more rusted after the rain. Nevertheless, it was able to withstand the extreme heat given out by the rocket exhaust system, even if it’s buried beneath piles of pebbles.
But, since this topic is about whether if they are capable of receiving physical feelings of cold and heat, I’ll try and deduct that factor, too.
It’s obvious that both robots possessed the mechanics and system for generating emotional feelings as can be seen from the film, but as for physical feelings, that will require a touch-system built across their body, or rather, their metallic ‘skin,’ if you will. But I’m sure many WALL-E fans that are more avid about the franchise than I am will be able to observe their reactions when coming in contact with objects and such, thus, being able to concoct a better deduction than what I have to offer here.
That’s a pretty interesting question. I think another question we have to ask is, ‘would WALL-E and EVE need to feel the cold’? They’re robots, after all, and therefore they’re designed for their individual specific purpose.
In WALL-E’s case, and considering his design, it seems as though at the time that he was built, there’s a chance that technology hadn’t developed enough in order to allow a robot to have physical feelings of cold and warmth. On the other hand, he does seem to have a sort of sensation, an ability to touch, such as when he holds hands with EVE. The way he reacts makes it seem as though he can feel EVE’s hand, and if that’s the case, it’s wouldn’t be a massive step up to consider that he might also be able to feel warmth and the cold.
In EVE’s case, I think it’s even more likely that she was fitted with this ability. It might aid her in her detection of life, and once again, she too seems to possess a sense of touch, and since she was built much later on than WALL-E, technology would probably have developed to the point where feeling such sensations is possible.
In terms of the two of them being in an icy environment and whether it would affect them, I’d say it would so in WALL-E’s case- there’s probably a limit in terms of what temperatures he can endure, before his circuits freeze up, as you said, Bee-E. In EVE’s case, she would probably be able to endure much harsher environments due to both the fact that she is a more modern robot, and also because her directive means that there’s a chance of her having to visit extreme environments.
Hmm… IIRC, EVE seemed to have scanned the EVE model WALL-E made for her in attempt of detecting life in it. If that is her intention, I would think that she would detect lifeforms using her scanner rather than come into a threatening contact with them, being an alert and self-secured secured robot as it was.
Also, another thing I noticed; space has no heat. In other words, when WALL-E was clinging onto the side of the scouting space ship sent to Earth, it should had shivered or at least showed signs of detection of coldness. Nevertheless, it didn’t, meaning that it is unaffected by extremely temperature or - a more likely reason - it has no temperature detection system built in it at all.
also WALL·E would have been EXPLODED hanging on the size of the ship, due to the Depressurisation. also, there is heat in space, how do yuo think the geat gets from the Sun to us?
That’s true, I guess I forgot about that point. However, if the scout ship was flying away from the sun, possibly even thousands of miles away, the theory would have worked.
more like millions.
I imagine that robots would be able to detect changes in temperature but they wouldn’t interpret hot and cold like we or other animals do, unless they were programmed to do so.
I also think that robots would actually be more comfortable in a cold environment as opposed to a hot one, for the same reason that the CPUs in most computers have heat sinks and fans.
I speak as one who has had overheating problems with his machine until late, of course.
They have to be made with some kind of sense of touch, but I don’t know if feeling cold and hot is one of them. Maybe they are so they can know when they are overheating and need to rest for a while.
I’m sure that WALL•E and EVE would both have internal thermometers so they can detect when the temperature is getting to an unsafe level that puts them at risk of damage, or shutting down. WALL•E came into contact with intense heat when [spoil]he went past the sun whilst hitching a ride on the spaceship[/spoil], but that didn’t seem to affect him negatively, at all. And both WALL•E and EVE came into contact with snow, when[spoil] EVE was shut down and WALL•E put the bin over her. [/spoil]
WALL•E has solar panels connected to a display panel, so I would assume he (and the other WALL•Es) were built with a thermometer. WALL•E has a detection system for dust storms, whether this was built-in or it he learnt that they are a danger and should be avoided, isn’t known.
But I would guess both WALL•E and EVE (especially as EVE is an advanced model) would have temperature gauge, since even computers that were made 10 years ago had one to prevent overheating. Would they actually be able to “feel” the cold, the way we feel the cold on our skin, probably not. But then again, robots supposedly cant feel love either.
He’s a robot made of metal. Depressurasation effects tissues.
wouldn’t the air stored inside him make a rapid escape though?
he could have compressed?? The sun could have also melted him since he was so close…unless he could actually adjust his temperature automatically.