This work explores the mechanical characteristics inherent in the biological act of reproduction, as well as the unsustainable trends of human population growth.  
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The largely automated reproductive process, from fertilization through gestation and birth, is by its very nature robotic.  The body performs a series of automated functions for which it was designed, culminating in the production of a commodity&mdash;human life.  Even the initiating act of sexual intercourse can be viewed as a mechanized action from an evolutionary perspective.  
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I suggest that it is precisely because of this mechanistic nature of reproduction, that human civilization has equated childbirth with industry, resulting in an ultimately unmanageable burden for humanity and the ecosystem which supports it.