The album cover for Queen’s “News of the World,” an enduring icon in rock music, was designed by American artist Frank Kelly Freas. It features a colossal robot gripping the lifeless bodies of the band members, with the destruction of the Queen logo underscoring the post-apocalyptic intensity. Karel Čapek’s 1920 play “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)” … Continue reading Robots, Rock, and the Role of Human Hands: A Journey of Innovation