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This list of fictional robots and androids is a chronological list, categorised by medium. It includes all depictions of robots, androids and gynoids in literature, television, and cinema; however, robots that have appeared in more than one form of media are not necessarily listed in each of those media. This list is intended for all fictional computers which are described as existing in a humanlike or mobile form. It shows how the concept has developed in the human imagination through history.

See also the List of fictional computers for all fictional computers depicted as static machines.

Theatre

See also mechanical automata produced for entertainment in the eighteenth century.

Literature

See also: Robots in literature

19th century and earlier

Early 1900s

1920s

  • Artificial people, in Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1921) -- credited with coining the term "robot"
  • Le Singe (The Monkey) (1925), by Maurice Renard and Albert Jean, a process of creating synthetic humans is invented
  • The Metal Giants (1926), by Edmond Hamilton, where a computer brain who runs on atomic power creates an army of 300-foot-tall robots.
  • Metropolis (1927), by Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou, the scientist, Rotwang, creates a robot which is given the identity of Maria, the workers revolutionary leader.
  • Automata (1929), by S. Fowler Wright, about machines doing the humans' jobs before wiping them out.

1930s

1940s (and Isaac Asimov specifically)

1950s and 60s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Film

1940s and earlier

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Television films and series

1960s and earlier

  • In The Thin Man (1957-1959):
    • Robby (Robby the Robot), a robot accused of murder in the episode Robot Client (1958)
  • In The Twilight Zone (1961-1962):
  • Andromeda in A for Andromeda (1961)
  • In Supercar (1961-1962):
    • The Robot Servants of Professor Watkins in the episode The Lost City (1961)
  • Rosie the Maid, Max and UniBlab in The Jetsons (1962)
  • In Hazel (1961-1966):
  • In Fireball XL5 (1962-1963):
    • Robert, the transparent auto-pilot robot invented by Professor Matic
    • The Granatoid Robots in the episode The Granatoid Tanks (1963)
    • The Robots of Robotvia in the episode Trial By Robot (1963)
  • Various unnamed robots in Space Patrol (1963-1964) (US title: Planet Patrol)
  • In The Outer Limits (1963-64):
    • Trent, an android from the far future in the episode Demon with a Glass Hand (1964)
    • Adam Link, a robot accused of the murder of his creator in the episode I, Robot (1964)
  • In Doctor Who (Seasons One to Six) (1963-1969): (see also List of Doctor Who robots)
  • In Thunderbirds (1965-1966):
    • Braman, a robot invented by Brains seen in the episodes Sun Probe (1965), Edge of Impact (1965) and The Cham-Cham (1966)
    • The plutonium store Security Robots in the episode 30 Minutes After Noon (1965)
  • Astro Boy from Astro Boy the Japanese animated series (1963–1966)
  • Rhoda Miller in My Living Doll (1964); a fembot played by Julie Newmar.
  • In The Avengers (1965-1969):
    • The Cybernauts in the episodes The Cybernauts (1965) and Return of the Cybernauts (1967)
  • Tobor the android in the Japanese anime series 8th Man (1965). Also, his older, stronger, but less sophisticated sister Samantha 7.
  • In Lost in Space (1965-1968):
    • Robot B-9 (aka The Robot)(aka Tubby Robot)
    • The Robotoid (Robby the Robot) in the episode War of the Robots (1966)
    • Verda, a gynoid, in the episodes The Android Machine (1966) and Revolt of the Androids (1967)
    • Raddion, a male android, in the episode The Dream Monster (1966)
    • The IDAK Super Androids in the episode Revolt of the Androids (1967)
    • The Industro Mini Robots in the episode The Mechanical Men (1967)
    • The robot prison guard (Robby the Robot) in the episode Condemned of Space (1967)
    • The Xenian Androids in the episode Kidnapped in Space (1967)
    • The Female Robot and Mechanical Men in the episode Deadliest of the Species (1967)
    • The Junkman in the episode Junkyard in Space (1968)
  • Hymie the Robot in the comedy series Get Smart (1965–1970)
  • In Gilligan's Island (1964-1967):
    • The Government test robot (Robby the Robot) in the episode Gilligan's Living Doll (1966)
  • In The Addams Family (1964-1966):
    • Smiley the Robot (Robby the Robot) in the episode Lurch's Little Helper (1966)
  • In Star Trek (1966-1969):
    • Dr Roger Korby, Andrea, Dr Brown, Ruk and the Kirk android in the episode What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1966)
    • Nomad, a sentient robot probe in the episode The Changeling (1967)
    • The Norman, Alice, Herman, Barbara, Maizie, Annabelle and Trudy series androids and the Stella Mudd androids in the episode I, Mudd (1967)
    • Rayna Kapec in the episode Requiem for Methuselah (1969)
    • The android replicas of Mr Atoz in the episode All Our Yesterdays (1969)
  • Serendipity Dog, a robot dog who asked questions on the BBC children's science series Tom Tom (1966-1969)
  • In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-1968):
    • The Mysteron construction robots in the episode Crater 101 (1968)
  • Mildred the Maid (Robby the Robot) in The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968-1970)
  • In Joe 90 (1968-1969):
    • The Spider riot control robots in the episode The Professional (1969)
  • In Land of the Giants (1968-1970):
    • Professor Gorn's Super Giant Robot, a giant android, in the episode The Mechanical Man (1969)
  • Slim John, a rebel robot in the BBC series Slim John (1969)

1970s

  • Zed, the rebel robot in The Ed and Zed Show (c1970)
  • In Doctor Who (Seasons Seven to Seventeen) (1970-1980):
    • The IMC Mining Robot in the serial Colony in Space (1971)
    • The Sontaran Knight Robot in the serial The Time Warrior (1973-1974)
    • The K1 Robot invented by Professor Kettlewell in the serial Robot (1974-1975)
    • The Sontaran Surveillance Robot in the serial The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
    • The Osirian Service Robots, mummy-like robot servants of Sutekh in the serial Pyramids of Mars (1975)
    • The Kraal Androids, including android duplicates of the Doctor, Harry Sullivan and RSM Benton, in the serial The Android Invasion (1975)
    • Dum, Voc and Supervoc robots in the serial The Robots of Death (1977)
    • K9, the Doctor's robot dog companion, created by Professor Marius and introduced in the serial The Invisible Enemy (1977)
    • The Seers of the Oracle in the serial Underworld (1978)
    • K9 MkII, the second version of the Doctor's robot dog companion, introduced in the serial The Ribos Operation (1978)
    • The Polyphase Avatron, the Captain's robot parrot in the serial The Pirate Planet (1978)
    • The Taran Androids, including an android duplicate of Romana, in the serial The Androids of Tara (1978)
    • The Movellans, android enemies of the Daleks, in the serial Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
  • S.A.M., Super Automated Machine (the 'perfect machine') robot in Sesame Street (1969-present), introduced in episode 0406 (1972)
  • In Here Come the Double Deckers! (1971):
    • Robbie, a dancing robot invented by Brains in the episode Robbie the Robot (1971)
  • In Columbo (1971-1993):
  • In Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1972-1975):
    • Mr. R.I.N.G., Robomatic Internalized Nerve Ganglia, a top secret military robot in the episode Mr. R.I.N.G. (1975)
  • In The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978):
    • A robot double of Major Fred Sloane in the episode Day of the Robot (1974)
    • A robot double of Oscar Goldman in the episode Return of the Robot Maker (1975)
    • Sasquatch, the robot watchdog of marooned aliens in the episodes The Secret of Bigfoot - Part 1 (1976), The Secret of Bigfoot - Part 1 (1976), The Return of Bigfoot - Part 1 (1976) and Bigfoot V (1977)
    • The Fembots and a robot double of Oscar Goldman in the episode Kill Oscar - Part II (1976)
    • Death Probe, a Soviet Venusian robot probe in the episodes Death Probe - Part 1 (1977), Death Probe - Part 2 (1977), Return of the Death Probe - Part 1 (1978) and Return of the Death Probe - Part 2 (1978)
  • Questor in The Questor Tapes (1974)
  • In Space:1999 (1975-1977):
    • The Servant of the Guardian in the episode Guardian of Piri (1975)
    • Gwent, a sentient spaceship in the episode The Infernal Machine (1976)
    • Zarl, Zamara and the other Vegan androids in the episode One Moment of Humanity (1976)
    • Brian the Brain in the episode Brian the Brain (1976)
    • A robot double of Maya in the episode The Taybor (1976)
    • The Cloud Creature in the episode The Beta Cloud (1976)
  • Fi and Fum, the time-travelling androids from the children's series The Lost Saucer (1975-1976)
  • In The New Avengers (1976-1977):
    • A Cybernaut in the episode The Last of the Cybernauts...?? (1976)
  • In Ark II (1976):
  • In The Bionic Woman (1976-1978):
    • Sasquatch, the robot watchdog of marooned aliens in the episode The Return of Bigfoot - Part 2 (1976)
    • The Fembots in the episodes Kill Oscar (1976), Kill Oscar - Part III (1976), Fembots in Las Vegas - Part 1 (1977) and Fembots in Las Vegas - Part 2 (1977)
  • Yo-Yo, aka Geogory Yoyonovitch, Holmes and Yo-Yo (1976)
  • Officer Haven in Future Cop (1976-77)
  • In The Fantastic Journey (1977):
    • Cyrus, Rachel, Daniel, Michael and the other android members of Jonathan Willoway's community in the episode Beyond the Mountain (1977)
  • In Logan's Run (1977-78):
    • REM, a male android who joins Logan and Jessica in their search for Sanctuary
    • Draco, a male android, and Siri, a gynoid, in the pilot TV movie (1977)
    • Friend and Nanny, Lisa'a robot companions in the episode The Innocent (1977)
    • Ariana,a gynoid, in the episode Futurepast (1978)
  • The Clinkers in Shields and Yarnell (1977-78)
  • Peepo, the robot in the children's series Space Academy (1977-1979)
  • In The Space Sentinels (1977):
    • MO, Maintenance Operator, Sentinel One's maintenance robot
  • Haro in Mobile Suit Gundam (1977)
  • Voltes V in the Japanese animated series (1977)
  • 7-Zark-7 and 1-Rover-1 in the animated series Battle of the Planets (1978)
  • In Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979):
    • The Cylons, mechanical men created by a race of reptile-like creatures
    • Muffit Two, a robot daggit who becomes Boxey's pet
    • Lucifer, an I-L series Cylon, the robot assistant to Baltar introduced in Saga of a Star World - Part III (1978)
    • Specter, an I-L series Cylon, the garrison commander on Antilla in the episode The Young Lords (1978)
    • Hector and Vector in the episode Greetings from Earth (1979)
  • IQ-9 in Star Blazers (1978-1984), originally called Analyzer in Space Battleship Yamato (1974-1980)
  • H.E.R.B.I.E. in the 1978 Fantastic Four animated series
  • Blake's 7 (1978-81) featured several robots and androids
  • In The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (1977-1979):
    • Dr Solano's swordmaster robot in the pilot movie The Return of Wonder Woman (1977)
    • Orlick Hoffman's android duplicates of Dr Tobias, Dr Prescott, Dr Lazaar and Wonder Woman in the episode The Deadly Toys (1977)
    • Rover, the IADC's robot dog, Cori, William Havitol's robot secretary, and Havitol's evil duplicate of Rover in the episode IRAC is Missing (1978)
  • In Quark (1977-1978):
    • Andy the Robot, a cowardly robot built by Adam Quark from spare parts
  • In Mork and Mindy (1978-1982):
  • In Salvage 1 (1979):
    • Mermadon, a junked Government-constructed android in the episode Mermadon (1979)
  • In Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (First Season) (1979-1980):
    • Twiki, Buck's ambuquad robot who wears Dr. Theopolis, a brilliant talking computer, around his neck
  • W1k1 (or Wiki), the pocket-sized robot in the children's series Jason of Star Command (1979-1981)

1980s

1990s

2000s

Comics

Comic Books/Graphic novels

American

British

European

  • Robo-cops from Incal (by Moebius & Jodorowsky)
  • Robots from planet Des from polish series "Gods from The Space", written by Arnold Mostowicz and Alfred Górny and illustrated by Bogusław Polch.
  • Otomox, the self-proclaimed "Robot Master"[2]
  • Uèr, an "electro-chemical" android capable of human feelings, in Milady 3000 comic book by Magnus (1980)

South American

Manga (Japanese comics)

Comic strips

  • Robotman in the comic strip of the same name, which eventually became "Monty". Robotman left the strip and found happiness with his girlfriend Robota on another planet.

Web comics

Web based media

  • Stella 4D, aka Manager 45, on GO Moonbase, first appears in episode 26

Animated shorts/series

Flash

  • Rya Botkins and June Crane of Matt Wilson's Bonus Stage (though Crane's status is disputed, as she has claimed to be human)
  • The Grape Nuts Robot, Created by Bubs to imitate Strong Bad from Homestar Runner Appears here[5]
  • Schniz, Fulker, CPDoom, and various background characters from Andrew Kauervane's My God, Robots!

Machinima

  • Lopez, Church, and Tex - characters from the Rooster Teeth machinima Red vs. Blue. Only Lopez is a true artificial life-form, as both Church and Tex exist only as ghosts. Both characters died during the course of the series, existing from that point onward as ghosts. They possess mechanical bodies similar to Lopez, however.

Computer and video games

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.uwec.edu/academic/curric/jerzdg/RUR/
  2. ^ Otomox at www.coolfrenchcomics.com
  3. ^ Atomic Chef hosted by DrunkDuck.com at www.drunkduck.com
  4. ^ http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020211
  5. ^ Compy 386! at www.homestarrunner.com

See also

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