CGI 3D Sci-Fi Short : "Autonomous" by - Team Autonomous | TheCGBros

Check out the beautiful style and rendering in "Autonomous", a sci-fi animated short as we are following the journey of F.R.E.D. the recon droid`s last order as he sets across a barren world of wrecks and autonomous weapons. For more information, please see the details and links below:
Autonomous started out as a proof of concept for a bigger story and completed as a free time project during 2 years by a team of 2 people based in Estonia.
Credits:
Aleksei Shulga- director,modeling,shading,vfx,compositing
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Mihhail Kohtov -rig,animation,sfx and sound design
Music by moderncrusader....
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[@ParaSpite]

"Master." "I killed another one." "...I'm sorry I couldn't save you." "But I'll keep trying to make it safe!" "So that other humans won't die." "If any ever come here."

[@phillylove7290]

I thought it was a graveyard of the robots kills, human including.

[@johnmca5643]

You nailed it. He's killing those that killed his master.

[@shijianoop6217]

@@johnmca5643,,,,,,,,,,,

[@ahmadghoits900]

Thats sad

[@bessberg7335]

I think it other

[@landfair123]

That poor soldier died hard.

[@fissioncrusier]

uh no he died easy looks like he didn't suffer at all...

[@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII]

I guess you could say he lost his head over the matter

[@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII]

I doubt he'll get ahead in life now

[@fissioncrusier]

+Mr. Wellington Von Duke III -_- dont count on being a HEADliner at a club.... lol

[@landfair123]

Ouch! lol

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

Even though its master is dead it persists in trying to please him! An exercise in futility!

[@julesjohnson247]

An exercise in programing📡🗿🔮

[@loooooopy]

OK first, why isn't there a kick starter to make a full film, anyone

[@markgamer1226]

did anyone else think that it was avenging its master?

[@librandancer]

It looks that way

[@feralcrafter7043]

+Markgamer12 I got the impression that it was more like a dog, where it loved it's master and would continue to do as he commanded until he commands otherwise

[@librandancer]

Yes I tend to agree with that. It is continuing to deliver those insect things to its former master. But I cannot decide because when those insect things blow they look like they make a mess of their targets, and the former master is grossly disfigured. Maybe the dog robot is intentionally causing the insects to detonate, and delivers the "carcasses" to his former master.

[@LordNeiman]

+Markgamer12 Yeah, robot warrior of vengeance. That ending was badass. What did it do when the bug-bot shot at it? Was that some kind of hyperspace hideaway, or just dropping a projected image?

[@Cijpher441]

+Eric Neiman i think it was a projected image because you can see te robot coming from behind the pillar

[@speake7777777]

I love the idea of it bringing the dead droids back like mice from a cat. I also liked the the smiley face in the soldiers cape.

[@clydebalcom8252]

That's not a smiley face. That's a blast pattern.

[@Fuhrer_Plumpus]

More like a shrapneley face

[@Колхозныйавтоэлектрик-с7н]

Самый правильный фильм

[@agrimjain6ake471]

@@Колхозныйавтоэлектрик-с7н THINK SOOOOO

[@sophia8677]

Aww that's sad. It was just like a dog.

[@bettinico]

+Sophia Ying A very smart Dog

[@princecharon]

Also a good dog.

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

sophia dogs are the best if we must make A,I then we should base it on a dog mindset not a human one

[@deano43]

Yeah, Rover lol

[@lyndon4610]

I thought that it doesn't know its master was dead and they went there to collect specimens and stuff and it's still just following protocol orders and programming, but if it is then its a good boi

[@aardque]

Toward the end of an extinction level war, autonomous weapons were created to support and ultimately avenge each faction, those weapons endured long past the end of the war. It is a common theme, "Doomsday devices" they are called. When the explorer encountered the planet, he ordered his reconnaissance robot to bring him one of the devices so that he could examine it, which he did. The robot continued to follow the order, in much the same way the autonomous weapons continued to fulfill the wishes of their creator. It is a statement about the blind inevitability of destiny and that any attempt to alter events or break the chain is ultimately futile, as any possible action is always fulfilling the wishes of the creator.

[@bashirwada]

Really this was great, thanks for the, would you call it a synopsis?

[@aardque]

Bashir Wada Yes, or plot. It seemed like most comments were directed toward trying to understand the script and I felt the focus should be on the clip as an exposition; so I tried to answer the questions so people could then contemplate the art itself and not worry who "the soldier" was.

[@fissioncrusier]

so you helped mak this film?

[@michealdrake3421]

Look up "Last Day of War". It is literally that scenario. People built autonomous weapons to fight for them and, if necessary, avenge them, and the machines kept fighting the war long after the last human has died. Eventually, the last autonomous hangar fuels the last autonomous bomber with the last of its fuel and arms it with the last of its ammo to send it on its last bombing run. As it flies out to once again bomb some long-irrelevant target, its engines fail and burst into flames. When it gets no input from the pilot after asking for user input, it ejects his skeletonized corpse. The plane crashes and the system, registering that its last means of attack or defense has finally failed, declares the war to be over and powers down. And now I think we've figured out the real origin of the Transformers.

[@nezhaprime6195]

Micheal Drake I'm a sucker for stories like that

[@buchanangrunt9981]

I'd like to see a prequel to this

[@dinosnore4269]

Or a sequel

[@clydebalcom8252]

Absolutely

[@SinOfPride]

Yeah I wanna see the big one that scanned the cliff edge at the crash site

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

It seems that might've been the wreck itself, which was considerably more intact than the one we ended up seeing in more detail. With it being more intact, it's quite likely it had more security online as well.

[@jeffc6411]

To lay the dead enemies at your liege lords feet? Or to mindlessly follow the last command, even though it is now futile? To program autonomous AI's without loyalty is insanity.

[@CGGroovy]

Incredible, i like, this is very a great short movie.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

+Steven LP I agree. This one ecompasses (at least) all the basics of what *I* think a great sci-fi short must have. Well done.

[@regardlessrampage]

+GrumblingGrognard I love that it didn't open with exposition. such a common annoyance.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

3:08 - So, it seems that this particular AI at least knows the meaning of the word 'revenge'.

[@ziskador]

Maybe it's not revenge but just making sure it won't cause anymore trouble

[@sashalarou6407]

Do you like the animation?

[@benrussell-gough1201]

@@sashalarou6407 Technically of good quality but it is the underlying story and its' implications that really grabs the viewer's attention.

[@patrickperry6945]

It just knows programming. “Revenge” is a description of human emotion.

[@relativityboy]

100% excellent video. I want to see a longer story. Much longer.

[@AnimMusicTM]

I dont know why ... but the walking animation is just so satisfying

[@ericbauer4897]

That was one of the prettiest CGI shorts I've seen. Better than a lot of Hollywood blockbuster CGI. I'd love to see more of this story.

[@Comicsluvr]

What amazes me (as a writer) is that the team conveys an entire story in four minutes. In the beginning, we don't know much. Then we see the 'cat' battle with a 'bomber'. Then we see why. During the credits, we see the aftermath of the battle/war. A nice, tight story.

[@tracybodin128]

Touching. Well made.

[@wbwilhite]

At the end, we see the end of Elon Musk on Mars and his dream of Earth 2

[@thearticulategrunt]

That was really cool. Thank you. Whether trying to avenge his "friend" who looked to have been taken out by one of the little blasters, or bring him tribute or whatever. It was really cool.

[@EllAntares]

Whatever took him out, made a two feet hole in the rock, I doubt it was one of htem. Something heavier, energy-based (things melted, that wasn't cloth)

[@mirko9644]

Privet iz Slavakii. Slavakia vsegda s ROSSII. Etot film prosto uzas.. ))) spacibo druzja)))

[@heatmizer-jim6762]

This is sssssssoooooooo worth a much longer version. The attention to detail, the way the shadows, the grainy texture of the sand. And the score. Such a terrific 4:3. Thank you!

[@FMFvideos]

It killed the human but that wasn't enough for the little bot. It needs to mock the corpse of the meat bag by throwing trash around it.

[@ЛучшегоЛучшего]

what? I think it is autonomous mine searcher lol.

[@flecyhugotesiah4243]

It's not mocking he's doing what he was last ordered to do

[@ulyssees30y]

It reminds me of the Anglo Anglo Saxon epic, "The Battle of Malden." Though their lord had already fallen the outnumbered but faithful Saxon warriors kept fighting around his body. They slew Vikings until they themselves were laid low.

[@BillyBob-jy1gv]

That is a good theory but there is a big gaping hole in it, the guy was killed by a small mechanoid and not the main character.

[@joepie221]

If this type of career was available when I was in school, I certainly wouldn't be a machinist. :)

[@joepie221]

@viewz I enjoy the creative side of producing something from nothing. Whether its a computer animation or carving up a block of steel, its very satisfying. I'd like to watch someone create a segment from a film like this, I'm sure its a lot more work than most people think it is. Like anything that turns out well, your heart has to be in it first. My channel has recently focused on miniature machine tools and I'm really enjoying the journey.

[@Hellsong89]

Thing is you can always learn 3D modeling and animation your self, but learning to be machinist takes bit more... well sure anyone can eventually find how to turn mill or lathe on and even create chips but it takes professional not to destroy inserts every ten minutes, to know all the right speeds for certain metals and specially what NOT to do... like having mounting plate on lathe chuck that has part superglued on... and you turn lathe on in its highest speed or crash the tool on it, or to chuck it self (havent happened to me if you wondered but possible for someone whos total noob). Its never too late to learn so go find a tutorial and start practicing as a hobby, hell design character and machine it out of metal to create stop motion puppet. From picture to physical object and back to picture, interesting transition isint it? Also if you are accurate as machinists have to be and have designed the puppet properly even total noob can animate in stop motion, 3D in sense is not that different just requires to build the world in virtual space, where stop motion you can make it with your own two hands. I cant recall name of the animation, but there is short story that would fit to your since he used scrap and parts from machine shop to build a world and characters from that. Its on KZbin that much i can recall.

[@EmiHappens]

Зато у тебя есть большой паровоз!

[@coloradostrong]

@@EmiHappens Но ни рельсов, ни вагонов с углем.

[@gourgorai787]

@viewz d R Ddd E E R

[@Resident-1337]

Не очень понял идею. Зачем он ловит их, зачем те взрывают все хвостом? Типа боевые роботы прошедшей войны?

[@itravellight]

4 minutes and 3 seconds of eye candy and a great short story. Excellent sci-fi!

[@sourmike1060]

I'm a little late on the explaining part but here's what I think is happening here. At one time those little robot bombers were created to kill anything from humans to robots. And humans decided it was time to act so then created this four legged Walker to destroy the small robots. But the one in here was most likely programmed to protect the human but failed since the man is dead. The robot not knowing what death was it still hunted for the small ones even though his task had failed.

[@bluenetmarketing]

Amazingly imaginative. Music likewise. I hope to see more of Fred's travels soon.

[@Pycu4]

Классная короткометражка. Наши ребята - самые талантливые)

[@proxy1359]

2:20 *Teleports behind you* "This one is personal."

[@TeslaDln]

Robot - a dog that brings prey to his master ... who is already dead. Here is a twist! Sorry for my English.

[@ЛучшегоЛучшего]

+DeathSerstlou yeah but sometimes people who writing this using grammar structures that aren't simple like this one.

[@youxkio]

This short movie has a lot of potential for a long one! You even got my wife's attention.

[@norsemyn6865]

Good short, sort of a gritty Wall-E.

[@sillypiegamer1010]

good point, it was really look like reference to that movie and that Film

[@maxj0930]

If a grisly Wall-E, then it’s totally got its work cut out!

[@KowboyUSA]

NASA JPL should study this video to learn how to design and build a proper explorer.

[@librandancer]

I liked this video. Good graphics and a simple (and understandable) story.

[@moyejuddin7768]

This is good one

[@florentitan1474]

The day of a robot who was ordered to kill the bugs but while the robot was out his master was killed by a bigger bot with an energy based weapon, but the robot continued to follow the order until given a new one.

[@WoodwiseJoe]

I'm continually impressed by what I see from the CG Bros. So often I am left wanting to see more of the story. This one is no exception. Thanks for the entertainment. Great job.

[@surujali5987]

তথদদ্যধমবথথত5উ

[@patphone9513]

ฝรั่ง

[@nickdiamond7595]

3:18 Very good representation of what large close-orbiting objects would look like in the daytime sky.

[@rjm9430]

Reminded me of a Phillip K Dick story "The Second Variety" which was made into a so-so movie "Screamers". Well done in a short story format!

[@nothingcanstopwhatscoming6664]

Even in a short clip like this I can't even imagine the amount of time and work that must go into something of this quality. This really takes some knowledge talent and dedication. High quality and the story leaves just enough to the imagination to keep you focused and wanting more.

[@Genuinespaceman]

Fr bro this also makes me think of the vastness of the knowledge in the universe and how many places and planets we haven’t even set foot on. It also reminds me of no man’s sky.

[@doctordonutdude]

This is how you fucking do an animated short. I was starting to think people really didn't know anymore. 10/10

[@RuniRiot]

ikr

[@MrVanillaCaramel]

What the hell was that?!?

[@NYRM1974]

Looks great well done...... Looking forward to a SCI-FI SERIES on this.

[@SNLGUY]

I would imagine that robots would have 360 degree vision. The human brain probably could not process it but computers definitely could. Most robots seem awkward particularly on two legs I don't see why they could not be round and roll with a greater mobility and speed than the walking type.

[@sirpikmin6863]

This woukd make an great exploration game concept

[@calvinskithepolishamerican7524]

And that is why Guardians should never go anywhere without their ghosts.

[@markcypert6518]

lol

[@Wcsorcha]

Truly excellent animation work -- movement algorithms were very, very well done.

[@EarthenaAtmospherickJBSmilan]

Pandemic haz produced da brain of only AI topics, improvised brain enjoyed 😃👌

[@divyamagrawal9071]

That deadman was master chief from halo and quadropod was his and they were fighting the machine empire

[@kurtdowney1489]

Thank you!

[@PHONlEX]

Bro, it's the other half of Noble 6 lol

[@divyamagrawal9071]

@@PHONlEX could be

[@israeldavid7806]

Much better than Nasa's CGI 🤣

[@brucereichert6509]

Ok, so when it almost fell. There was a red scanning beam. Was something there? And why did it leave the ship to a more stripped ship?

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

I assume the ship's defenses were still partially active, so it left. Would it have not seen the other ship (which was also notably bigger, so more within despite the damage) it might've tried to find a different way into that one. It might've already had a close call with that one, or seen something else get too close, and is waiting for something to break. It's quite possible that the ships there were of several different factions, likely being the reason for so many crashing in the same place and the ring of debris in orbit, so some form of ground vehicle similar to F.R.E.D. here could've walked into the wrong place.

[@BillyBob-jy1gv]

@@ultmateragnarok8376 i reckon there was a larger machine guarding the ship, kind of like what you said, but it was looking for scrap to rebuild the ship as was last orders. The main character may have seen other ones elsewhere and tried to avoid it.

[@davidbrown8303]

Robots like that are the future because it's a lot cheaper to send robots than humans.

[@MRSketch09]

What an amazing piece of work! Damn I wanted more. ... I can already tell there is some cool world building going on. . . but the surface was barely scratched.

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

very cool. Insects are over 80% of life on earth, so most successful, in terms of evolution. Would make sense for science or robots to go in that direction. cool movie.

[@The8bitFreak]

its a bit sad actually........poor thing don't know that his boss is dead and still scavenging for him even though he is gone. :(

[@tomwagner3640]

That was a meaningless waste of time. If you are impressed by CGI and don’t care about storyline or plot, this is the short film for you.

[@dehrk9024]

2:12 the „brother“ my crush texted me.

[@НатаЛья-о2б3ч]

"Чёрная Вдова" вот так увидишь реально и,,, в штаны наложишь,,,, хотя,,, мы тоже роботы со своим процессором,,,

[@unkleturpis9253]

This definitely needs to be expanded. What caused this world to become this way? What led up to this? I would love to see a more full story about this world and these entities.

[@ЛучшегоЛучшего]

military guy was "owner" of this thing, so he has no head anymore.

[@cyberstar251]

Its kind of sad when you think about it, the robot doesn't understand that its master is dead, s like any good robot it keeps doing the last thing it was told until its told to stop or it runs out of power, it may not show enough emotion for a few things but its just sad to me, but this could evolve into something like walle if its programming is advanced enough to learn grow and adapt.

[@InfectedAdri]

Awesome, I like the last scene with the soldier :)

[@ijkdenem]

i wonder if they killed him? the little bugs i mean.

[@Aryan-km6xq]

I didn't get it. 2:18 Was it a hologram? Did it teleported? Or it was anather robot?

[@lamaking1978]

Wow this was sooooooooooooo good. Everything was perfect, camera work, lighting, sfx, music and animation. Loved it!

[@j-sant-animations8105]

This robot design looks creepy yet great. It has three types of optical systems. (Two on the antenna things, three “main” ones, and the camera/recording device(?)). Still love this though.

[@seanmcdonald5859]

There's too many things going on for this to be explainable: The main character droid is actively hunting and cataloging the smaller droids: why? The body was killed by a directed energy weapon and NOT by the one shot smaller droids: the blast and energy damage to the armour and rock is too extensive to be caused by a one shot crawler droid. The main droid doesnt explore one ship but actively moves about in another, one ship has an active something in it but the other presumably doesnt because a) its derelict, b) the main droid CAME from that ship and is either using it as bait OR defending it. The body isnt its master/handler but rather its victim: it kills a crawler droid and disposes of it next to its other victims . . . . . .its a well done video but very much let down by the mish mash of ideas presented. 8/10 graphics 1/10 for story or scenario setup because theres no clarity here.

[@SnifferSock]

Dude, it wasn't that confusing...

[@vizthex]

well shit now i'm all invested and need to know more.

[@TheBuckStopsHere480]

Well done! This short piques your curiousity and raises many questions about what occured before and what's going to occur. The tech and concept are very good but not groundbreaking, but the story is excellent. Good job! More!

[@brunovincent1969]

What story?

[@lukmanibrahim7692]

Pw yes tank u

[@venanciocarranza8185]

Está muy bien por qué ya vamos a entrar al mundo de la robótica

[@voluntasadvictorium5081]

"После человечества"

[@seanmcdonald5859]

Poignant. Is it following its last command to "bring me more samples" . . . . . . And that body looked like it got hit by a large energy weapon, hence the melted stone, perhaps weilded by the other unseen droid in the first ship . . . . . But whatever occured, we will never know. . . .

[@timcantrell9673]

I like the way the legs move. Much more practical than wheels. I would like to see further development of a story within this story.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

The various detection equipment it has is very well done as well - the three main cameras which give it some depth perception and redundancy as well as them being able to retract upwards to clear them of dust, the longer range one that it kept covered most of the time, and the two smaller ones it folds upwards on those panels to see its surroundings from a vantage point with a relatively disposable piece. It's very practical and realistic, likely how something like that would actually be designed.

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Brilliant film.

[@randomspectator39]

"Autonomous" By: Team Autonomous Me: *visible confused*

[@OBAYKY]

Good work 👍🏻

[@castperthewolf3426]

That thing reminds me of a Guardian Stalker.

[@high1voltage1rules]

OMG I NEED MORE OF THIS SHORT FILM. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT 🥰 👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍

[@pingwingugu5]

I love robots designs. It would be great to build such robo-centaur.

[@humancattoy7767]

In a way, this is so tragic. The Explorer automaton has no one to report to. It's entire existence hangs in the balance. After all the ambush drones are destroyed, then what will be Explorer's function. Machines must have a function, otherwise they become redundant.

[@raztaz826]

really good. I wish there was more.

[@အေးရိပ်ငြိမ်ထုတ်ကုန်လုပ်ငန်းရှ]

ငါလိုးမှသားဝေါအီး/ငါ့ဆီမှာချီးပဲရှိတယ်စားမှာလား၊တစ်ကော်၂၀၀ကျပ်/။ မှ/ (ပုံ)သိုက်@မောင်ကျော်လင်းသိုက်

[@mrCetus]

EXCELLENT. Finally, a short film that is both beautifully executed and well thought out. There are so many that fail in one regard or another, choosing panache or special effects or their idea of a story that they attempt to tell in a few minutes. This one keeps it simple while showing us the folly of war. Nicely done.

[@planecrazyiscrazy]

Can I have the 3d model if that's is 1

[@zorknemesis6436]

It's a great job!!! Please sequel!!!

[@muratdogan5960]

Omg Ferferch 😊

[@vladimirzagorodnikov932]

Круто =D (прямо в духе старой научной фантастики)

[@julieandrea318]

I'd like to see this as a full length movie. Well done.

[@demonofnight3487]

нужно сделать полный фильм ! 1 час

[@vincentleeadams]

This clip deserves to be extended out to its own little movie.

[@notstressmess1883]

Reminds me of "war robots"

[@markgearing]

So much story told outside the story you think you’re watching. Wonderful!

[@maikeldekwant]

Its so goddamn cute!!! :3

[@farkhodkhikmatov4738]

People plz.... it does not have feelings.. it was programmed to kill the enemy for the human, and it is just repeating the process

[@pronostic100]

Partager quinte khenifra

[@marek5404]

Great short. Every second of this movie was interesting and the ending simply brilliant.

[@Legna1826]

Imagine a far away place where (Elon Musk), The creator of the “Autonomous Bots”... That think for themselves...Fend for themselves... Making Elon's dream a reality... To inhabit a strange new planet. Unfortunately thats where he meets his demise... "Just say’n"

[@teddybear2880]

Супер... Ощущение бесконечности вселенной в которой миллиарды лет происходит что-угодно, а вселенная холодно и равнодушно взирает на всё...

[@BALA4X-ICT]

Gör fler såna

[@danecustance2734]

I love this great work.

[@АлексейГавриленко-к3ж]

Новый год кампании Скай фай , смарт, вижион ,Тесла спонсирование инвестирование , тинкофф, Амстердам алкаголь , корона пиво спонсирование новогогодавидефистиваля

[@TheFurriestOne]

Definitely hints at a larger story, like what was still active at that large wreck! Neat stuff!