I created Rolamaton The Robocity on November 11, 2001.
It was originally named just “Robocity World” from the simple fact that the place at the heart of the narration — and the worldbuilding itself — is a city of robots.
Little mattered that Robocity was nothing more than a group of buildings within a small Italian town – to its people, it was still a city.
A place they could belong to.
What It Is
Rolamaton is a “Robocity” as in a “city of robots”, but it is not an actual city. Rolamaton is more like a residential area with a handful of buildings, a garage, storage hourses and a small park.
The location for Rolamaton is the real public library of Genzano di Roma is, the “Centro Culturale Carlo Levi”. I gave it that location because it’s a beautiful place where my friend and I have created a ton of memories, a place where we would always let our imagination run wild.
In other words, I wanted the “idea of Rolamaton” to be close to me even in real life.
The Robocitans consider Rolamaton as a family-style community, in the sense that it is like a big house where a big family lives its daily adventures.
I liked the idea of a siblinghood between Robocitans, so I developed my Tales around it.
I never regretted it.
How It Is (the Structure)
To follow the movements of Robocitans inside of their robot-city, it’s important to understand the internal structure of Rolamaton.
Rolamaton is made of five buildings (as of June 2016) — A, B, C, D, E — with three floors each. Every floor hosts several apartments, that can be large enough for a family to live or small enough for single use.
Family apartments are equipped with a bathroom and kitchen; single ones only have a bedroom and a cooking corner with a table, chair and a small fridge.
Every floor has a public bathroom for common use.
I added plants of Rolamaton to this page to help you visualize the spaces.
Building A
The first floor of the first building (the one that was built first) has no apartments, only public locals:
- Main kitchen
- Meeting room (also used as a library and a canteen)
- Prison
- Nursery school
- Public bathrooms
- Gym
- Storage
- Archive
- Medical bay
Building B
On the first floor, you’ll find Rolamaton’s grade schools:
- Primary school
- Middle school
- High school
- Science lab
- A few apartments
Building C
This building is fully residential (apartments only).
The high-ceiling first floor is assigned to the Guardians of Rolamaton (Titanus and Gigatron). Each Guardian is assigned a 70 mq apartment with bathroom and kitchen.
Buildings D
Apartments.
Building E
Apartments.