i'm rebuilding a robot from scratch

i didn't design it. why would i design something so ugly?

i had to make improvements, but i'm rebuilding it from scratch

along the way, i cut the palms of my hands on its' jagged metal edges, leaving small scars to remind me of my negligence

sometimes when i approach others with this robot, they want to reach out and touch it, but most of those people didn't like how it felt or looked. i knew it was because it was so flawed. ugly.

a few of them stayed—they want to see the finished product.

i've stressed and struggled my way through this project. i couldn't figure out where i went wrong; why is this robot not working properly?

why are my improvements making the quality worse?

one day i cut my hand too deep. the blood splattered onto the robot—almost soiling the steel i was told was stainless.

it took a couple of hard years to clean. but i cleaned it

i decided to look back on my process of rebuilding this robot. i decided to ask for help of other robotic engineers who were more experienced than i was. i also asked the opinions of the person who designed it

they were glad i finally asked. they told me they were waiting for me

with their support, today my robot looks more like the functioning robot it was supposed to be. i learned to use a different technique to fix the loose screws

the finished product is in the far future. but i know people will be waiting for it

what i once called ugly turned into something i was proud of

i built this myself. this is my robot.