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Robotiri began around 2018, when small droids started appearing in the pages of my sketchbook.

In 2019, I created the @robotirinhas profile and began publishing the first comic strips. At that time, the project focused mainly on robots and more traditional gags.

When the pandemic began, the project went on hiatus.

During that period, I started working on the graphic novel Século XXI, inspired by a positive vision of the future in which human beings, technology, and nature coexist in harmony.

It was through this graphic novel that I began to better understand the world Robotiri could live in.

When I returned to the comic strips in 2024, the project was no longer the same. I had changed as well, and the world around me was going through major transformations with the rise of artificial intelligence and robotics.

I then realized that Robotiri did not need to be only a series about robots.

It could be about a future that worked out.

From that point on, the project began to grow slowly through the comic strips. The children appeared, along with environments filled with nature and clean energy, Flower, the Lost Media stories, and Robotiri Radio.

The setting became a silent character, and the strips gradually began to build a larger universe.

Today, I see Robotiri as a worldbuilding project told through contemplative comic strips, with little irony and an affectionate view of the future.

Because the complete story spans several years, pauses, changes, and discoveries, I wrote a longer text describing the entire process.

It also serves as a small historical record of the project, written while this world is still being built.

The full article was originally published in Portuguese on my personal Substack. You can easily translate it using Substack’s built-in translation feature.

[Read the complete story of Robotiri here]

At first, when Robotiri was still called Robotirinhas, the stories focused only on the robots.

As the world they live in gradually took shape, I realized the project was becoming an exercise in worldbuilding, building this universe little by little through comic strips.

It was during this process that a small group of kids naturally became part of the stories. Each has their own personality, interests, and way of seeing the world.

Eventually, they needed names.

That’s how Singa, Angus, and Greta were born.

Like almost everything in this project, each detail reflects a little of myself. Their names are no exception.

Singa

Singa was inspired by a little girl who appears in promotional videos about Singapore’s vision for a more sustainable future. Her name is a shortened form of Singapore, reinforcing her connection to nature and the future.

Angus

Angus is the group’s young maker. His design has a science fiction feel inspired by the visual style of Star Wars, a universe I’ve always loved. His name, however, is a tribute to my childhood hero, Angus MacGyver, a character who always solved problems through creativity.

Greta

Greta is a tribute to Greta Thunberg and represents a generation that is far more aware of environmental and social issues.

The world of Robotiri is an ideal 21st century, where environmental, technological, economic, and social balance has finally been achieved. In a way, it is the world that Greta’s generation deserves to inherit, along with the generations that follow.

Flower

Flower is the Big Tech company behind the technology that powers the world of the 21st century. From artificial intelligence and robotics to the infrastructure of smart cities, its innovations are seamlessly integrated into everyday life.

Robotiri is a robot created by Flower. The company’s philosophy is simple: technology in service of people, for a better world.

フラワー

フラワーは、21セイキ ノ セカイ オ ササエル テクノロジー オ カイハツ スル ビッグテック キギョウ デス。AI、ロボティクス、スマートシティ ノ インフラ マデ、ソノ ギジュツ ハ ヒトビト ノ マイニチ ノ クラシ ニ シゼン ニ トケコンデ イマス。

ロボティリ ハ フラワー ガ ソウゾウ シタ ロボット デス。

カイシャ ノ フィロソフィー ハ シンプル デス。

ヒト ノ タメ ノ テクノロジー。ヨリ ヨイ セカイ ノ タメニ。

Flower

A Flower é a Big Tech responsável por desenvolver a tecnologia que impulsiona o mundo do século XXI. De inteligência artificial e robótica à infraestrutura das cidades, seus avanços fazem parte do cotidiano das pessoas de forma simples e integrada.

Robotiri é um robô criado pela Flower. A filosofia da empresa é simples: tecnologia a serviço das pessoas, por um mundo melhor.

The Robotiri project began in 2019, when it was still called Robotirinhas, and was a simple series of comic strips about robots.

We have arrived at 2026, and the speed of evolution in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics makes 2019 feel like a century ago. When I started the project, the revolution triggered by the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 had not yet happened.

Faced with robots that are so real and intelligent in 2026, I had to rethink Robotiri deeply. I even paused the production of the strips for a few months, as the project’s original logic no longer applied.

The challenges and opportunities for humanity are immense. We are at a crossroads, with paths that may lead to a dystopian or a utopian future.

My outlook is optimistic, solar, and utopian. I believe that, as with everything, the problem is not the technology itself, but how it is used, especially by those who hold power. I sincerely hope that the decisions being made are focused on the collective good and on sustainability.

In a period of such radical change, Robotiri has become a very therapeutic project for me, a platform to express myself and a way to reflect on and work through the impact of these changes on myself. I hope it can be the same for those who read it.

Below is the first Robotiri comic strip.
Hugs.

Paulo Pina

There’s still so much we need to redefine in the future!

ミライ ニ ワタシタチ ガ リサイギ スベキ コト ガ マダ タクサン アリマス！

Há muito a ressignificar no futuro!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Story / ストーリー / História

Robotiri is a small robot model from the 21st century.
He lives in a bright solar future where humans and machines coexist in harmony.
Clean energy, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, sustainable economy, and a new meaning for work and human purpose.
His adventures unfold in short, four-panel stories.
Welcome to this little corner of utopia.

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ロボティリは21世紀の小さなロボットモデルです。
彼は人間と機械が調和して共存する明るいソーラーな未来に生きています。
クリーンエネルギー、スマートシティ、自動運転車、持続可能な経済、そして新しい仕事と人間の目的の意味。
彼の冒険は4コマの短い物語として展開されます。
この小さなユートピアの一角へようこそ。

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Robotiri é um pequeno modelo de robô do Século XXI.
Ele vive em um futuro solar e otimista, onde homens e máquinas convivem em harmonia.
Energia limpa, cidades inteligentes, veículos autônomos, economia sustentável e um novo significado para o trabalho e o propósito humano.
Suas aventuras acontecem em pequenas narrativas de quatro quadros.
Bem-vindo a este cantinho de utopia.

About / 紹介 / Sobre

Robotiri is a comic strip project about robots, created in 2019 by Brazilian artist Paulo Pina.
Originally published on Instagram under the name Robotirinhas, it was renamed in 2025 to @robotiri.

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ロボティリはブラジル人アーティスト、パウロ・ピナによって2019年に作られたロボットに関する4コマ漫画プロジェクトです。
当初はInstagramで「Robotirinhas」という名前で公開されましたが、2025年に**@robotiri**へと改名されました。

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Robotiri é um projeto de tirinhas sobre robôs, criado em 2019 pelo artista brasileiro Paulo Pina.
Publicado originalmente no Instagram com o nome Robotirinhas, foi rebatizado em 2025 para @robotiri.