Two nerds and their robot

[peopleneedyou]

Type: Video
Sender ID: peopleneedyou (Tadashi Hamada) featuring; Hiro Hamada (baymaxing) & Baymax
To: Everyone
Subject: Meet the Hamadas and Baymax
Warnings: None

[ The video post starts up to reveal the faces of the Hamada brothers, along with what looks like a red suitcase beside Hiro. Their location isn’t anything special, just somewhere inland on Elrut right now, but the elder brother is smiling anyway. ]

Hello everyone, I’m Tadashi Hamada and this is my younger brother…

[ Tadashi motions to Hiro. The younger brother waves, smiling, and turns his gaze from Tadashi to the phone. ]

I’m Hiro! And this… [He gestures to the suitcase next to him before purposely pulling off a plaster from his knee. His ‘ow’ in instinctive response activates the robot inside, causing Baymax to inflate and turn on, introducing himself with a wave. ]

Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion. I was alerted to the need for medical attention when you said ‘ow’.

You’ll be seeing Baymax around one or both of us often, so we wanted to introduce him and ourselves. I’m also interested in finding out if anyone had a temporary charging solution seeing as how I haven’t come across a power outlet anywhere yet. [ Tadashi holds up the power cord on Baymax’s charging station for anyone who hasn’t seen anything like it before. ]

Yeah, I’m not sure if the technology here is necessarily compatible—at least, not without some adapting or figuring on our part. Baymax is the priority. Even if it would be cool to actually use my handheld, it won’t die on me eventually. Tadashi and I were both pretty good with tech back home, but this might take some adjusting.

[ Hiro says, a puff of air from his sigh shifting his mess of bangs before he raises his hands in reassuring Baymax that he was fine given the robot approaches and wants to check him over. ]

On a scale of one-to-ten…

[ Tadashi chuckles as he moves to end the video recording for the post while Baymax tends to Hiro. ]

Comments

[baymaxing]

A forge? That might be an idea — worth asking at least to see if they might be able to help. I just really don't want to deal with him when he gets like that when his battery is running low.

[Which. Is basically like herding someone drunk to go to bed to get him to the charger. Hiro struggled. A lot. If he can avoid that, it would be great. He turns to Baymax, nudging the larger robot in the stomach and telling him he might be in luck. Baymax gives a wave and thanks the person talking on the shellphone.]

I hadn't figured if the tattoos might work on him, actually. That's an idea....

[telepathicignorance]

You might be able to get healing magic, yeah. It's not a tattoo with a needle, the guy who does it is a magical octopus if you'd believe it.

(They consider mentioning Professor Turo and his potions, but... as much as they wanna help Baymax, he's gonna have scanners, and they're not sure he understands the concept of "don't snitch on other robots". At least, not yet.

Maybe they should Turo make the decision whether to approach these people. Oh, huh. They can see he's responding below them...)

Professor Turo has made some pretty awesome medical potions and devices. Might want to ask him about those.

So I'm guessing Baymax is kind of like a robot kid, then? (Freshly decanted would be weird and they wouldn't understand it, so they go for the human comparison instead.) Do you like your function, Baymax?

What's he like when his battery is running low?

[peopleneedyou]

Then I'll definitely have to look into it. Seeing as how he's a prototype, I do want him out there to enhance his programming by dealing and learning about people through science.

[ Tadashi has already thought about patient-Baymax confidentiality, and while he already had HIPAA laws installed, he has made sure that Baymax won't share personal information with others - not even him unless given permission.

Yep, both of the brothers have already met Turo - so this will be Baymax's first meeting with him. ]

Yeah, I've talked with him a bit already about meeting up when I was a little more settled.

In some ways, he is. It's why I'd like to have him interacting with others who can help him grow.

I am satisfied with my function and would not allow it to be replaced with another.

[ Tadashi looks a little surprised by the second part of the answer, but doesn't comment on it. ]

He's sort of silly when his battery's on low. Very harmless, and silly.

[baymaxing]

An octopus? Huh. I mean. I guess he could tattoo multiple clients at once. That must be quicker.

[Hiro says with a shrug. He's pretty sure if he got a tattoo Aunt Cass would likely kill him if she ever saw. At least while he was still this age. Probably even then she would not be thrilled if he was older. But regardless, so long as he kept it covered? What she didn't know wouldn't hurt? Right? Hiro's just not sure what to expect from it, given what he has heard of the tattoo-granting abilities. Or what tattoo he would want for that matter.]

I guess. I've had to teach him some stuff. Like how to fist bump. [Hiro holds out a fist, and Baymax bumps it with his hand, complete with his little 'ba lalalalalalala'.
Baymax turns to the camera, giving a nod to the question.]

He's kinda....silly. I guess like if someone was drunk?

[telepathicignorance]

Worried someone might pressure you into something you don't want to do, Baymax?

(It wouldn't surprise them if someone had already done that.

Humans are the worst.

They snort at the part about Baymax acting drunk when low on power, not that anyone can hear it.)

Okay as funny as it is, wouldn't being impaired like that make it harder for him to find an outlet and plug himself in?

[peopleneedyou]

I am not.

[ The bot is honest.

Tadashi watches as Hiro and Baymax fist bump, laughing at the 'ba lalalalala'. ]

He does alert when his battery is low, and provided you haven't taken him too far from his charger, he'll make it back to it. But Baymax is the prototype so there's always room for improvement.

[ Tadashi looks at the bot in thoughtful consideration. Like he's already thinking about those improvements. ]

[baymaxing]

[Baymax might glance to Hiro at that question but says no. He isn't worried.

Probably because he is aware that Hiro has learned from that incident. That it wouldn't be repeated. That was an exception to how Hiro usually handled things. Still, Hiro glances to Baymax with almost a roll of his eyes at that question.]

Right? Tadashi probably thought it was hilarious. But really, it's kind of a pain.

[telepathicignorance]

Good.

(And that's all they'll say regarding Baymax being made to do something he doesn't want to.)

What happens when you've got the production model worked out?

(One might get the feeling that Sidestep is perhaps overly worried about Baymax and the issues that come with a robot that intelligent being a product and one would be 1000% correct on every level.)

[baymaxing]

I dunno. I'm not necessarily sure if Tadashi had thought that far ahead. So far it's just the one Baymax. So, I don't know if he talked to doctors or hospitals about making more for them to help with the nurses and doctors there or something. You'd probably have to ask him. But. Baymax is pretty great. I'm sure the hospitals would love him.

[Not as a replacement for a nurse or doctor. But at least in supporting them. Calming and distracting patients, easily diagnosing what is wrong, and providing support that humans might miss through his scanners and insights. Helping paramedics as well. Hiro could imagine the potential.

And that wasn't going into what upgrades Hiro gave the robot.]

Obviously, here, we'd need to adapt. I want to learn more about what this place needs and what would work. How our tech might work here.

[peopleneedyou]

[ He ruffles Hiro's hair. ]

I did have help creating Baymax, particularly in all of those medical procedures he knows. My knowledge only goes so far on that, so I contacted a doctor. [ To expand on what Hiro brought up about talking to doctors. ]

I'd love to have Baymax help as many people as possible. In hospitals, nursing homes, patient homes, and in places too remote to have a good healthcare system. He isn't meant to replace doctors or nurses, but assist them. Healthcare is such a hard occupation in my world, so I wanted to do what I can to help with that.

[ It's why he decided on creating Baymax in the first place, to be a friend and companion to people in need. He does get the worry, however. Which is why Tadashi has to work out any problems that might occur. ]

[telepathicignorance]

Can you guarantee every Baymax have the same desire to fulfill their function? I don't think you'll be able to mass produce them here, but even just the prototype is probably more knowledgeable about nonmagical healing than the average native doctor.

(They bite their lip thoughtfully.)

I could see him being helpful with patients who are afraid of non robot people.

[peopleneedyou]

I designed him to care for his patients, to learn and grow how to best take care of them, and I wouldn't settle for having him replicated without that. [ Said firmly enough. ] No, making more of him will be difficult to do here, but there still are other things that I can do and make to help people.

[ A thoughtful hum. ]

That's why I made him as huggable and non-threatening as I possibly could. I thought that maybe, one day, even kids will love seeing him.