Got any background/setting lore for BUBBLGUM, her line of fellow robots, and their creators?
A lot of lore surrounding these bots is actually pretty up in the air at the moment, but I could probably talk a little about the very work in progress stuff I have at the moment!
BUBBLGUM is certainly not the first time I've drawn one of these highly modular bots!
Basically though, the entirety of their existence is essentially all of the fun of tinkering and messing with something in a fun, friend shaped package!
Pretty much any part of these robots can be changed out, the only constant being the absolute basic frame that every single one starts on. They can be bipedal, quadrupedal, taurs, or a whole lot else, all in a fun variety of shapes, sizes, and specifications (Though, size-wise, these machines rarely exceed 5 feet in height). Their facial projectors can be switched out for display panels, more protogen or synth-like. They can have on board machines like drink dispensers or coffee machines, the sky's the limit, especially when their creators happily encourage modding!
Some people make theirs to fill a certain utility purpose like cleaning or maintenance. While these machines can be mass produced to fill in those jobs, oftentimes, they're bought to fill a personal or companionship role. BUBBLGUM was custom-made to be a friendly companion (TUMM isn't only useful for heat regulation, ehehe).
As far as their creators go, neither of the two are named as of now, but they made a startup after realizing how fun it is to mess around with machines, eventually workshopping and prototyping how to make a base machine with an easily accessible modularity system so that experimwntation was fun rather than confusing. It took a while for the idea to catch on, but soon, the two of them had established themselves as legends in robotics history!