A cargo ship sinks during a hurricane, destroying nearly every robot crate aboard except one.

Curious otters find the surviving crate and accidentally activate Roz by pushing a button on her head.

Roz learns to climb the sea cliffs by watching and copying how a crab moves over rocks.

Roz hikes to the island's mountaintop and realizes from the surrounding ocean that she is stranded.

Roz accidentally causes a rockslide that kills a family of geese, leaving only one unbroken egg.

The surviving goose egg hatches and the newborn gosling immediately calls Roz 'Mama.'

An elderly goose named Loudwing advises Roz on caring for the gosling and names him Brightbill.

Mr. Beaver designs and builds Roz a large lodge, which she names the Nest.

Roz teaches herself to make fire by striking stones together, surprising Mr. Beaver with the discovery.

Brightbill joins the goose flock's winter migration, leaving Roz alone on the island for the first time.

Roz awakens from a hibernation-like shutdown to find the island devastated by an unusually severe snowstorm.

Roz builds heated lodges across the island to shelter animals from the deadly winter cold.

Brightbill returns from migration, leading the goose flock back to the island in spring.

Three RECOS combat robots arrive by airship and demand Roz return with them to the factory.

The airship automatically activates and carries Roz away from the island toward her Makers.

A cargo ship sinks during a hurricane, leaving robot Roz stranded alone on a wild island with no humans to give her orders. After learning to survive through observation, Roz accidentally orphans a gosling and becomes his adoptive mother, building a home and a life with the help of animal neighbors. A devastating winter forces Roz to shelter the island's animals in heated lodges, cementing her place as a beloved member of the community. When Brightbill returns from migration, Roz throws a bonfire celebration to mark her transformation into a wild robot, but the fire attracts the attention of her Makers. Combat robots arrive to reclaim her by force, and though the animals fight fiercely, Roz is left badly damaged and must leave the island to seek repairs, planning to one day return home.

The headline story of Roz's survival, motherhood, and final departure.

Roz emerges from her crate and finds the broken bodies of other robot models washed ashore.

Roz stumbles into a bear cave, wakes two young cubs, and escapes by throwing pinecones at them.

Roz watches a stick insect blend perfectly into a branch and realizes camouflage could help her survive.

Roz covers herself with mud, ferns, flowers, and moss to disguise herself in the wilderness.

Roz reveals herself to the island animals at a Dawn Truce gathering in the Great Meadow, but they all reject her.

Roz removes a painful cluster of porcupine quills from Fink the fox's face and paws.

Pinktail the opossum teaches Roz that pretending to be alive is a useful survival strategy.

Tawny the deer helps Roz plant a garden outside the Nest, drawing animal neighbors to visit and befriend her.

Goslings tease Brightbill for having a robot mother, and Roz honestly explains the truth about his birth family.

Brightbill and Roz visit the robot gravesite, where otters tell Brightbill how his mother first arrived on the island.

Young bears attack Roz at a cliff edge, Thorn falls over the side, and Roz pulls him back up.

Mother Bear carries a damaged Roz on her back through the forest, drawing a grand animal parade behind them.

A lodge catches fire and Roz rescues a trapped baby hare by crashing straight through the burning wall.

Roz mediates a conflict between the beavers and Rockmouth the pike, then returns the fish to his home river.

Roz announces to all the assembled animals that she must leave the island so her Makers can repair her.

Roz's early days on the island are defined by small moments of learning, danger, and unexpected connection with the animals around her. From mimicking camouflage to pulling quills from an injured fox, Roz slowly earns the trust of her neighbors one act of kindness at a time. As Brightbill grows, Roz navigates the complicated emotions of motherhood, including helping her son understand their unusual family when the other goslings tease him. Crisis after crisis — a bear attack at the cliff, a burning lodge — reveals how deep the bonds Roz has formed have grown. By the time Roz formally announces that she must leave, the tight-knit island community she leaves behind stands as proof of everything she built through patience, courage, and generosity.

The encounters and relationships that shaped Roz's life on the island.

Roz learns that all the island animals share one common language and begins to understand them.

Roz weaves a nest for the single surviving goose egg and climbs a tree to guard it overnight.

The beavers change their minds about helping Roz after learning she adopted the orphaned gosling.

Brightbill learns the truth about his birth parents' deaths and decides to keep calling Roz 'Mama.'

Brightbill discovers a hidden button on Roz's head and presses it, briefly shutting her down and restarting her.

The flock leader Longneck is shot by a farmer during migration, forcing Brightbill to take command of the geese.

Brightbill discovers a city containing a factory that builds ROZZUM robots, revealing where Roz came from.

Roz throws a giant bonfire celebration for all the island animals, and a passing cargo ship spots the light.

The geese launch a fierce attack on the RECOS robots, allowing Brightbill to urge Roz to flee into the forest.

Island animals lure RECOS 3 into a mud trap, blind him with droppings, and Broadfoot kicks his head off.

Bears battle RECOS 2 at a waterfall, and hundreds of fish form a barrier to save Nettle from going over.

Roz and RECOS 1 struggle over a rifle that explodes, blowing off Roz's limbs before he deactivates her.

Brightbill sneaks through a pile of collected robot parts and presses the button to reactivate Roz.

Island animals fire a stolen rifle to destroy RECOS 1, who warns that more robots will come for Roz.

Roz says her final goodbyes to Brightbill and all the island animals before stepping into the airship.

Roz's transformation from a lost machine into a wild, beloved member of the island community is built on a series of pivotal decisions and startling revelations. From learning to speak the animals' shared language to choosing to protect a helpless goose egg through the night, each turning point deepens her roots on the island. As Brightbill grows, shared discoveries — like the hidden activation button and his migration report about a ROZZUM factory — reveal how extraordinary their bond truly is. The bonfire celebration that accidentally signals the Makers triggers a desperate fight, and the animals' coordinated resistance dismantles two RECOS before RECOS 1 deactivates Roz and leaves her limbless. Brightbill's daring act of reactivating his mother gives her a final chance to say goodbye, and Roz departs with a plan to get repaired and find her way back home.