Forbidden Planet
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Robby
1956 (23rd century)
- 7′ 6″ tall
- November 21, 2017 – Sold for $5,375,000 at auction
from 1956 film Forbidden Planet
Tobor the Great
1954
- Tobor (“Robot” spelled backwards)
- capable of telepathy
- pilots spaceships
Tobor the Great (1954)
Robot Monster
1953
Ro-Man
1953
- Extension XJ-2
- sent to Earth from the Moon
- equipped with a deadly weapon called a Calcinator Death Ray
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Gort
1951
- GORT (Genetically-Organized Robotic Technology)
- nine-foot tall
Arnim Zola
- a Swiss scientist Arnim Zola
- found a way to “defeat time” itself
- bank of dated computers
- Arnim Zola had uploaded his consciousness
- transitioned from real intelligence to artificial intelligence
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
Tin Man
1939
The Tin Woodman
originally born human as Nick Chopper
– after many accidents with his axe
– he replaced all of his body parts and limbs with tin
Sparko
