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Magog Robot
from the B movie film 'Gog' 1954
Incidentally, Magog was quoted in the bible as a
Maria Robot 
From the classic book, movie/film 'Metropolis' -
Fritz Lang
In the book, Rotwang
the inventor of the robots, convinces Joh head of
Metropolis that robots are the future for Metropolis; a promise of workers who
will never tire or revolt.
Rotwang kidnaps the heroin, Maria and replaces her with a
strikingly beautiful robot (well almost) that
was to be called Hel. Rotwang
exclaimed, "All it is missing is a soul!" ........?
Marvin 
The Paranoid Android..
From 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
a UK TV series developed from the books - 'The
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' & 'The Restaurant at the End of the
Universe' by Douglas Adams.
Marvin was built by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation and advertised as "Your plastic pal that's fun to be with"; However having lived millions of years, he's become a little depressed! Quote "The best conversation I had was over forty million years ago............ And that was with a coffee machine."
Link: http://www.sadgeezer.com
Maximillian From Walt Disneys 'The Black Hole'
An menacing red robot that floats around doing Dr.
Reinhardt's bidding. gives people the evil (red) eye.
see
Metal Mickey 
UK Children's TV
character (London Weekend Television and ITV)
Metal Mickey was created, controlled and voiced by John Edward for a TV show
called The Saturday Banana in 1979 and achieved his own comedy show in
1980 – 83 with Irene Handl. Some of the shows episodes
were produced by Micky Dolenz
(formerly of the
Monkees TV pop group).
In the show Metal Mickey was built by a young lad
called ‘Brain Box’. Mickey now a member of the family used to sing and dance
and often said “Boogie Boogie”. Mickey referred to
the Grandmother (Irene Handl) as “My little fruitbat”.
The shows opening song went something like this:
"Ready
steady are you set for Metal Mickeeeeeeeey.
He's the cutest robot yet, he's Metal Mickey.
He's a lot of fun.
He weighs a half a ton.
He'll be your number one.
So look out-look out, its metal Mickey" - (thanks to Joni Biggs for song info)
Link:
John Edwards has a web site rich in Metal Mickey pics
and info http://web.mac.com/johnedward/Site_1/Mickeyography.html
Muffet From the film/movie - 'Battlestar Galactica' Universal Studios
A robot daggit (dog) constructed by Apollo for a little boy called Boxey, when his own dog was destroyed by the Cylons.
Muranian Robot 
Film/serialization
- 'The Phantom Empire' 1936 Republic
Pictures.
The Phantom Empire was shown in half hour
installments at matinee cinemas, starring Gene Autry,
the film centered around an evil professor out to
kill Autry and an underground Muranian technocratic
civilization whose Queen Tika
declares: "We of Murania are technologically
advanced. Our minds are superior, our lives are serene. We must CAPTURE GENE
AUTRY!".
Otomo appeared
in 'RoboCop 3' 1993
Otomo is a secret ninja sword wielding robot made by an evil
Japanese corporation.
No further detail at present
P3 
Honda's walking robot 1998
P3 is a true robot. The
result of Honda's research and development program into intelligent and mobile
humanoid robots that will co-exist and co-operate with human beings.
Powered by a 136V 7Ah battery, the robot can operate for about 15 minutes (136V
7Ah gives the same energy as a cup of tea to us humans apparently!). Weighing
210Kg, P3 can walk up and down stairs using information from Gyro meters, axis
force sensors on the wrists and feet, and vision cameras.
Honda's site: Humanoid robot P3
Quarks From the UK BBC TV series Dr
Who
The Quarks appeared in episode 1 of season 6,
August 1968. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton)
and his companions, Zoe and Jamie, arrive
on the planet Dulkis to discover that it has been
invaded by a race called the Dominators and their robot servants, the
Quarks.............. The Dominators use Quarks to destroy
peace-loving planets using nuclear devices.
R2-D2 
The famous little Droid from the films/movies
Star Wars
Buddy of C3-P0 and perhaps the most famous of
the many droids featured in Star Wars.
R2-D2 comes from a long line of Astromech droids produced by the Industrial Automation
(AI) corporation.
see Star Wars Droids
page
Robert the Robot 
from the UK TV series Fireball XL5 -
Gerry Anderson
A transparent robot
showing internal discs, springs and lights.
Robert the robot was Steve Zodiac's co-pilot. He obeyed orders and spoke,
saying such things as "On our way home" and
"Full Power". Gerry Anderson himself performed the
voiceover for Robert the robot, the only one I believe, he has ever done.
I'm
considering constructing Robert in clear resin, but do need a few pictures; can
anyone help? Webmaster
Link:
Robby the Robot 
Classic
film/movie 'Forbidden Planet'(1956)
and TV (1960s) "Robby, the Robot" and
"Forbidden Planet" are TM © 1997 Turner Entertainment Co. a
Time Warner Company
"Robby, the Robot" and
"Forbidden Planet" are TM © 1997 Turner Entertainment Co. a
Time Warner Company
Very famous film robot indeed - The story
goes.....
Professor Morbius a
fugitive super scientist is using a super strong Robot called Robby which he
found whilst exploring Altair IV (the Forbidden planet). Robby can speak 187
languages and contains a bio-chemical laboratory able to produce absolutely
anything.
A survey mission from earth finds Professor Morbius and his daughter, Altaira
alive and well, but all is not as it seems........
Good link: http://www.the-robotman.com/
"Robby also appeared in 'The Invisible Boy' MGM 1957
RoboCop
from Orion Pictures
'Robocop 1, 2
and 3'
Cybernetic crime fighter, faced 'ED209' in the first film and again in later films also
fought the ninja sword wielding 'Otomo' in RoboCop 3. RoboCop is not
a robot but is a cyborg, but included here for those
who think he might be!
Robo dog 
from the Wallis and Grommet film "A close
shave"
Infamous Sheep rustling mechanical dog that
battled with Grommet and came to a shredded end.
Shown is a 75mm 'key ring' model.
Robonaut 
The Robonaut is an ongoing project at Johnson Space Center (JSC).
NASA will ultimately use this robot for space maintenance.
Robot Wars® Real life Mechanical mayhem
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Robot wars was conceived by Marc Thorpe (US)
in 1992, with the first game taking place in 1994. Since that time the concept
has traveled to many countries. In the UK the BBC
stage televised Robot Wars with
'house Robots' 
enforcing some
of the rules or just joining in for the kill. Many of the contestants have web
sites featuring their robots. http://www.robotwars.co.uk/
http://www.robotwars.com/
Rommie 
from the TV series
'Andromeda', created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Tribune Entertainment inc.
In the series, the Starship Andromeda Ascendant (XMC-10-284), is a sentient being through Artificial Intelligence (AI), and can communicate using voice, video, an hologram and an avatar. The avatar is an android, built by geek technician Seamus Harper, in the form of a desirable, super strong, almost indestructible, female known as Rommie (played by Lexa Doig). Rommie, like the ship she is a part of, is totally loyal to her captain; Dylan Hunt.
Links: Picture above curtesy of http://members.fortunecity.com/rommie69/pics2.htm
Lexa Doig Fan site http://www.lexaonline.com/
Rosie 
Jetsons - Hanna Barbera
Studios.
Rosie is the Jetsons's
beloved out-of-date, all purpose robot housemaid. Rosie will lend her
hand to any task and is considered part of the family. The Jetsons would never ever trade her in for a newer model.
Link: Excellent
site featuring all things Jetson .
R-U-R
Rossum's Universal Robots - Play by Karel
Capek - 1923
"CHEAP LABOR. ROSSUM'S ROBOTS."
"ROBOTS FOR THE TROPICS. 150 DOLLARS EACH."
"EVERYONE SHOULD BUY HIS OWN ROBOT."
"DO YOU WANT TO CHEAPEN YOUR OUTPUT? then
ORDER ROSSUM'S ROBOTS":
An historic play about man and his machines. The play introduced the Czech word
"robot" into the world's languages.
Robot names used in the play - Marius, Sula, Radius,
Primus
Scutters
From the UK Red Dwarf
TV series
General 'dogs bodies' used for work around the mining ship Red
Dwarf.
pictures and info please Webmaster
SDR-4X
A beautiful, silver,
round-eyed humanoid robot from Sony Corp.
This 23-inch tall robot has sensors on the bottom of its feet to help it
walk on uneven surfaces such as carpeting and has been programmed to tumble
without falling apart and then get up on its own.
It has two cameras to see things better, including being able to tell the
difference between the edge of a table and the patterns on the floor. The robot
also can be programmed to recognize 10 people through their faces, stored as
digital images shot with its camera, and their voices, picked up through seven
microphones. It also will remember their names.
Smash robots see Cadbury's Smash Martians.
Sojourner 
A real robot! Sojourner the Microrover placed, "two small (back) wheels for
robots, another giant leap for mankind", on Martian soil July 5th , after
landing on July 4th, 1997 The rover was delivered onto Mars, following a seven
month cruise on the Pathfinder spacecraft. Sojourner sent truly stunning
pictures of the Martian surface. Perhaps one day little Sojourner will be found
and brought back to earth.
(On a somber note; Perhaps
it will be our robots that leave the solar system and inherit the galaxy, not
us.)
Links: http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/rovercom/rovcom.html
See my Project page) Webmaster
Sonny from the film I, Robot
Based on a script by Jeff Vintar entitled 'Hardwired', reworked by Akiva Goldsman who took the title 'I, Robot', the three laws of robotics and the roboticist characters of Alfred Lanning and Dr Susan Calvin, from Isaac Asimov's collection of short stories - (I, Robot and the Rest of the Robots).
The film is set In the
year 2035, where a detective Del Spooner (played by Will Smith) as an abnormal
distrust of robots (robophobic!). A US Robotics
scientist apparent suicide coincides with the launch of a new range of robots;
called the NS5 range. Del refuses to believe this is a suicide and follows a
trail of clues to Sonny, who appears, and indeed turns out to be, different to
the other NS5s.
Despite being pursued by Del, Sonny actually saves humanity (well Chicago) from
the robotic brain that is actually controlling the vast army of NS5s. The brain
is destroyed and the film poorly finishes with the notion that Sonny is some
kind of messiah to all the rest of the robots.
(I am convinced that Isaac Asimov 'turned in his grave', at this depiction
of a future robot world.)
(In the series of short stories by Asimov,
Susan Calvin was a plain looking, older, brilliant robot psychologist)
StarWars Droids So many,
they have a page of there own - Starwars
droids
Micro Machines created blister packs of some.
(Is there a list somewhere out there?) Webmaster )
Stepford wives 
Book and
Film (1975) written by Ira Levin
Hey guys! Is your wife running that big mouth of hers too much? Or not keeping up with the cooking and cleaning? Maybe she's thinking about a (gasp!) career?? Well, I'm happy to say your troubles are over. Just relocate to the nice town of Stepford, Connecticut, not too far outside of New York City. There your wife will learn her proper place. - 'Stepford wives' explores the possibilities (and consequences) of a conspiracy among the town's husbands and scientists to replace all the wives with computerized android duplicates......... (In the film I loved the phrase "She cooks as good as she looks, Ted.")
Films that took on the "Stepford" theme: The Revenge of the Stepford Wives (TV, 1980), The Stepford Children (TV, 1987), and The Stepford Husbands (TV, 1996).
T-800 
From the film - The Terminator ( 1989)
"Three billion lives ended on August
29th 1997. The human survivors of the nuclear fire, lived on to face a new
nightmare - the war against the machines" Constantly hunted by terminators
and Hunter-Killers, the survivors are beginning to get the upper hand
(The
second image is of the '3-D carded' model, made by
see also Hunter-Killer, T-1000 and T_Meg
T-1000 
From the film - Terminator 2 'Judgement Day'
(1991)
A metallic polyalloy, 'super fluid', update to the T-800, could form itself into nigh on
anything.
T-Meg 
From
a 3-D film/ theme ride at the Universal Studios theme park,
3-D Terminator 2, introduces the ultimate
Terminator; T-Meg. A six-legged spider which morphs out of
molten chrome. set in a bleak and blasted
Tik-Tok (Copper Man) From books by Frank Baum and
in a film 'Return to Oz' - 1985
Tik-Tok is a rounded soldier made of copper, that accompanies
Dorothy during her 'Return to Oz', 6 months after the Tornado episode featured
in 'The Wizard Of Oz'. On this electrifying 'trip', Dorothy meets Tik-Tok, a talking hen, and Jack
pumpkinhead. In introduction Dorthy
states "this is Mr. Tik-tok, who works by
machinery 'cause his thoughts wind up, and his talk winds up, and his action
winds up - like a clock.".
Tik-Tok was once a real soldier named Captain Fyter, who, like the Tin Woodman, chopped of his body parts
with his sword (actually caused by the witch of the East). Ku-Klip, the Tinsmith, fashioned the body parts from copper.
Incidentally Ku-Klip also made 'Chopfyt', a rather mixed-up tin character, from the spare body parts of the Tin Woodman and Tik-Tok. Now, in my opinion, Chopfyt is indeed a Robot.
good link: http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/index.htm
Tin Woodman 
From a series of books by Frank Baum and in a musical film 'The
Wizard of Oz' - 1925
The film "When
a man's an empty kettle he should be on his mettle, and yet I'm torn apart. Just because I'm
presuming' that I could be kind-a-human, If I only had heart." -
film)
Tin Man was, in-fact, a Cyborg, not a robot. In the
books, a human woodsman, named Nick Chopper, was fitted with a tin limb
by Ku-Klip the Tinsmith each time he
accidentally chopped one off (actually caused by the witch of the
East). Eventually he became all tin (including his head). Later in
the series of books there is another mechanical man - 'Tik-Tok'.
Tobor 
film 'Tobor
the Great' - Republic productions USA 1954
Tobor, is an experimental robot designed by scientists Dr
Harrison and Prof. Nordstrom to explore deep space.
The robot is endowed with human emotions and can receive telepathic commands. Tobor becomes friendly with Prof. Nordstrom's grandson, an
11-year-old boy nicknamed 'Gadge'.
The prof and Gadge are
kidnapped by enemy agents (communists) who seek the plans; however Gadge manages to summon Tobor, telepathically, to the rescue. - A
friendly sci-fi comedy 'B' movie.
Transformers 
Toys that
became characters in comics and cartoons
Transformers are millions of years old, come
from planet Cybertron, and can (of course) transform
from their robot forms to assorted vehicles and animals. The Autobots (good guys) were commanded by Optimus
Prime and the Decepticons (bad guys) were led by Megatron....
Thanks to Zobovor for this information.
Far too many to Transformers to catalogue
here; A stunning site, therefore, for all things Transformer is http://www.bigbot.com/ . A history can be found at Optimus Prime
Troody 
A bipedal walking dinosaur. 1996-2001.
Image: Courtesy of Peter Dilworth
A self contained, 4.5 kg, two-legged robotic
replica of a Troodon dinosaur from the Cretaceous
period. Troody stands about 45 cm at the hips and
uses fourteen tiny motors in the limbs, powered by 24V
x 1.2 Ah batteries, good for approximately 30 mins of
operation per charge.
Troody is one of several walking robots created at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leg Lab (Nice video to
watch).
Twiki 
Buck Rogers in the 25th
century
Buck Rogers, an astronaut frozen in space,
awakens in the 25th century. All is strange, but he is soon able to find friend
that he can be physically and mentally above; Twiki
becomes his new found friend and sidekick. Twiki is a
little robot who's sole aim in life is to carry a machine containing Dr Theododopolis's intelligence
around his neck, and utter the words "begly, begly" all the
time........ (Wilma's not bad either!).
Westworld Androids film 1973
Western world is one of three amusement
centres within Delos park that feature lifelike androids and realistic
settings; the others are Roman world and Medieval world. Two men pay $1,000 a
day to rob banks, fight in saloons, and even gun down the local sheriff. The androids are then repaired overnight, ready to be
abused the next day; however the system malfunctions allowing the robots to
become self aware and out for revenge....
V.I.N.CENT 
from the Disney film 'The
Black Hole'
V.I.N.CENT Stands for Vital Information Necessary Black Hole Robots
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