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[sciencesquid]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, OCTAVIUS. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 015.03.020.15 *** OCTAVIUS has joined 015.03.020.15 <OCTAVIUS> You've reached Dr. Otto Octavius. Please leave a message.

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[sciencesquid]

I'll be there.

[True to his word, once he's home from work, he'll head straight to Peter's room. Even with the door being left open, he still knocks before entering.]

Peter?

[heyunderoos]

[Peter is distracted from what he's working on by Otto's voice. He sits up, quick to turn his chair so he can push onto his feet.]

Otto! Hi! Lemme just- [He turns back to pull out the carefully rolled up schematic he had set aside to show his parent.]

[sciencesquid]

[Once Peter sits up, Otto takes it as permission to enter. He steps into the room, smiling in response to the enthusiasm. His eyes focus on the schematic, taking in the details.]

Oh... It's a spider?

[heyunderoos]

Yeah, it's a spider-bot. It's meant to be like an assistant in the lab. Take notation, remember what projects you're working on, and find items for you. [Peter is trying to not feel silly he made a spider.

He spreads out the schematic a little more, gesturing as he speaks.] In theory, it could self duplicate from spare metals or other materials. So, if you needed more than just one. I have the general idea down of how they could convert things over into useable resources to create a duplicate or fabricate a tool.

[He has a very thorough explanation in this narration box to tell Otto how this works. Don't worry about it.]

[sciencesquid]

[As Peter spreads out the schematic, Otto leans in even closer. There's a lot of tiny notes to see, and thought to go into how these components interact with one another. But it all looks highly functional, and the explanation supports that further. Granted, it's all theoretical at this point; the unanticipated flaws won't rear their ugly heads until construction is underway.]

That's wonderful, Peter. It seems like you've taken everything necessary into account, and its movements should be quite fluid for its basic anatomy. What sort of power source did you have in mind?

[heyunderoos]

I had a few ideas, initially I thought of stuff we could do back home. [Which isn't particularly possible here, alas.] Here it feels more likely solar power or a mana wish would probably be a good power source.

I had a few ideas of how to make solar panels built into Spider-Bot. The main body could be a lighter material to keep continually absorbing sunlight since the robot isn't particularly big. [He mimes a specific hand held size.] Anything bigger would take a lot longer to charge in theory.

[sciencesquid]

Oh of course, you'd need to coordinate the battery size and capacity with the robot's requirements. No need to overpower it. But it's the internal processor that'll require attention. If it's meant to have internal memory and rudimentary software to process details, that's what will cause the biggest power drain.

[Otto's already thinking ten steps ahead and wondering how the processor will work, but he realizes he should probably dial that down.]

Either way, if they require light to charge, they can easily get settled in the indoor garden beneath one of skylights. That way, they won't actually need to go outside for the most efficient charge. It's the same for the windows at the A Tower.

pretends i can build robots for ten seconds

[heyunderoos]

[Otto actively engaging with him on the idea makes Peter brighten up a few more notches. His large pooka ears flicking forward and tail tip wiggling happily.]

See, that's going to interesting to figure out, since the software is going to need to be a wish or something super rudimentary enough to be programmed here. I'm more about hardware so, I'd have to find someone who can program to make the internal programing actually happen.

[He nods readily at Otto's assessment. His ears flopping with the motion.] Yeah, it'd just need a recharge station under a large enough window, avoid actually going outside in any real capacity.

[sciencesquid]

[Otto would recommend Doctor Robotnik to help with the programming aspect if it weren't... Robotnik. He personally knows how to deal with the man, and while he thinks Peter could probably deal with him well enough too, the main issue remains that Robotnik might not want to focus on what's basically a toy. Not enough in it for him, most likely.

He looks down at the blueprint again, taking in the details of the limbs.]

Mmh, right, they're probably safer off being limited to indoors use. At least until there's a decent method of waterproofing them without limiting their mobility.

[heyunderoos]

I'll probably have to par things down too, if I want to like make any of them super functional given the limitations we're dealing with. So a version two is gonna need to happen...

[Peter is trying to think of how he wants to approach this. Sure, he could wish for it from Mana, but he would prefer to make it himself.]

[sciencesquid]

Of course. All the best technology has at least three prototypes before it's finalized. Why, Edison is said to have made thousands of failed prototypes before getting his light bulb to work as he wanted.

[As he's sure you know, Peter, as a fellow nerd.]