List of fictional robots and androids

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"Maria" from the 1927 film Metropolis. Statue in Babelsberg, Germany.

This list of fictional robots and androids is chronological, and 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.

Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction. The word "robot" itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 and first performed in 1921.

Theatre

Literature

19th century and earlier

Early 1900s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s and 1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Radio

Music

Film

Pre-1950

Italian film The Mechanical Man (1921), a movie which shows a battle between robots

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television films and series

1960s and earlier

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Comics

Comic books/graphic novels

American

Australian

British

Franco-Belgian

Other European

South American

Manga (Japanese comics)

Comic strips

Web comics

Web-based media

Animated shorts/series

Flash

Web series

Machinima

Podcasts

Computer and video games

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ Hitchcock, Susan Tyler (2007). Frankenstein: A Cultural History. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-393-06144-4.
  3. ^ "SFE: King and the Mockingbird, The". sf-encyclopedia.com.
  4. ^ "The Jetsons". Tulsa World. 19 May 1989. p. 42. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "G. I. Robot", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 134, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
  6. ^ "Fight Evil with Evil". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  7. ^ Otomox Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine at http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "GO Moonbase". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  10. ^ The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest! Archived 23 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine at http://www.homestarrunner.com Archived 26 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Homestarloween Party Archived 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine at http://www.homestarrunner.com Archived 26 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Compy 386! Archived 20 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine at http://www.homestarrunner.com Archived 26 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Andrew Kauervane". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Little Button Puss, episode #310 of Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast on Earwolf". Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Bastion". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Bastion". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Virtual Woman by CyberPunk Software". virtualwoman.net. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  18. ^ "ModTheSims - Servo from The Sims 2". Mod The Sims. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  19. ^ "ModTheSims - Servo - Complete Conversion". Mod The Sims. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Space Channel 5 Part #2 - Space Channel 5 Profiles - Courtesy of Evila!". lparchive.org. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Space Channel 5 Part #3 - Space Channel 5 Part 2 Profiles". lparchive.org. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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