List of fictional military robots

At Last a Perfect Soldier by Robert Minor, first published in The Masses in 1916.

Contemporary discourse about the ethical implications of military robots has been shaped by their portrayal in science fiction.[1] In particular, Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", which set forth basic premises about human-robot relationships in his fictional universe, significantly influenced other science fiction writers and helped to establish many of them as experts taken seriously by military policy makers.[1]

The following is a list of fictional works with military robots.

Film

Near future

Land design

  • Kill Command (2016) – S.A.R
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1953) – Mechanical hound
  • Red Planet (2000) – AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion)
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) – S.I.M.O.N.
  • RoboCop (1987) – ED-209 (Enforcement Droid Series 209)
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-1 Battlefield Robot
  • Short Circuit (1986) – Nova S-A-I-N-T (Strategic-Artificially-Intelligent-Nuclear-Transport) "Johnny 5"
  • Hardware (1990) – M.A.R.K. 13 prototype killer combat droid

Air Models

  • Stealth (2005) – EDI (Extreme Deep Invader)
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-1 airborne VTOL craft

High futurist

Humanoids

  • Terminator series (1984/1991/2003) – Cyberdyne T-800/T-850 Terminator Endoskeleton
  • Star Wars Episodes I, II, III (1999/2002/2005) – Eos B-1 Battle Droid
  • Star Wars Episodes II, III (2002/2005) – Eos B-2 Super Battle Droid
  • Star Wars Episode III (2005) – Holowan IG-100 MagnaGuards
  • Transformers (2007) – Decepticons
  • Saturn 3 (1980) – "Hector" Model
  • The Black Hole (1979) – S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment)
  • Battlestar Galactica (1978) – Cylon Centurion (Military androids with silver armor)
  • Fallout (series) (2008) – Protectron (security robot), Mister Gutsy (armed variant of domestic servant robot), Sentry Bot (military combat robot), Liberty Prime (near-indestructible battle robot)
  • Aliens (1986) – (Aliens) Lance Bishop Hyperdyne Systems model 341-B Synthetic

Androids

  • Terminator series (1984/1991/2003) – Cyberdyne T-800 (Series 800, Model 101, Version 2.4)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Cyberdyne T-1000 a shape-shifter android assassin
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-X "Terminatrix"
  • Fallout (series) (2008) – Synth (generations 1–3) self-aware synthetic humans (a bodyguard and a headhunter is featured) and Brainbots (controlled by an organic brain)

Other designs

  • The Matrix series (1999/2003) – Sentinels
  • Lost in Space (1998) – B9 "Robot"
  • Star Wars Episodes I, II, III (1999/2002/2005) – Droideka (Destroyer Droid)
  • Star Wars series (1977/2005) – R2-D2 (Astromech droid)
  • The Black Hole (1979) – V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized)
  • The Black Hole (1979) – B.O.B. (BiO-sanitation Battalion)
  • The Black Hole (1979) – Maximilian
  • Fallout series (1997–2010) – General Atomics International "Mister Gutsy" combat droids, among others
  • Halo 1, 2, and 3 (2001–2007) – Sentinels, and Super Sentinels
  • Screamers (1995) – Screamers

Powered Exoskeletons

  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – APU (Armored Personnel Unit)
  • Iron Man (2008) – Iron Man Suit (Powered exoskeleton)
  • Avatar (2009 film) (2009) – AMP (Amplified Mobility Platform)
  • M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) – M.A.N.T.I.S. (Mechanically Augmented Neuro-Transmitter Interactive System)
  • District 9 (2009) – Bio-Suit (Bio-mechanical powered exoskeleton)
  • Fallout series (1997–present) – T-45d and T-51b Powered Infantry Armor (the former's MP-47/A prototype variant even has a basic AI)

Television

Literature

Computer/video games

References

  1. ^ a b Halpern, Mark (2009). "Military Robots and the Redefinition of "Autonomy"". Vocabula Review. 11 (12): 1–12 – via EBSCOHost.
  2. ^ "CAŁY TEN ZŁOM" an afterword by prof. Jerzy Jarzębski [pl]