Legal Constraints

Legal constraints are rules that have to be followed by the creators/designers of in this case robot sidekick models, features such as names, body shapes and accessories of characters can be copyrighted meaning they cannot be copied into other designs I have taken inspiration from the robot Weebo from the film Flubber staring Robin Williams. As you can see many features from this robot can be seen in my design however they have been manipulated and are not identical. For example the body of the robots are both spherical however mine is a perfect sphere likewise Weebo is not in addition, My character has many accessories including 2 jet engines, a mini gun and and intake slot as a mouth compared to Weebo's flip up TV screen. Much like Weebo my character has a camera on the from however Weebo has a camera as an extra facial feature where as my characters camera is its right eye. As you can see there are many features that are relatable between these two robots however there are crucial differences in order to ensure no modifications have to be made due to legal reasons.