Best Robot?

[Quokka]

Kryten and Bender are definately up there.

Tetsuwan Atomu aka Astroboy, one of the earliest examples of what would go on to be known as Anime and you've got to wonder how many of the Japanese now involved in robotics were inspired in part by watching Astroboy as children.

Optimus Prime, unbelievably cool to a 7 year old boy.

Honda's Asimo, Giving me hope that one day I wont have to pick up my own washing.

and my favourite real robots Spirit and Opportunity, expected to last about 3 months they are still rolling over the red planet 3 years later .

 

[fantasy noob]

well thx for clearing that up i just read the part where he gets his history back i feel like an idiot and i still stand by what i said NORBY rules

 

[JDP]

I am the best robot.

 

[Gothic_Angelica]

I can't decide between:

Marvin, Kryton, Bender, R2D2 and C-3PO

Gothic x

 

[fantasy noob]

i retract my earlier state ment and g.i.r is the best robot if gir and norby were fused together it would make the ultimate robot comic releif

 

[mosaix]

I can't decide between:

Marvin, Kryton, Bender, R2D2 and C-3PO

Gothic x

No contest - Kryten. The only one to have an umbilical attachment for doing the vacuuming!

 

[Talysia]

No contest - Kryten. The only one to have an umbilical attachment for doing the vacuuming!

Lol! I forgot about that. Very useful, those mechanoids!

Now that I think about it, the Skutters were great robots, too. Even if they weren't the most sophisticated.

 

[Sathai]

R2 D2. The cutest robot ever.

 

[Tau Zero]

Tetsuwan Atomu aka Astroboy, one of the earliest examples of what would go on to be known as Anime and you've got to wonder how many of the Japanese now involved in robotics were inspired in part by watching Astroboy as children.

I would go with Astroboy. But you probably guessed that from looking at my avatar!

 

[j d worthington]

Huey and Dewey from Silent Running

And Louie. Glad to see a mention of them. A good few years before R2D2, these little guys made one heck of an impression, without any intelligible dialogue or humanoid appearance, the Drones from Silent Running nonetheless were deeply realized characters on their own... and a heck of a lot more complex emotionally. You could drive an entire fleet of trucks through the logical flaws in that film, but somehow it still remains a wonderful film, due in no small part to those who played these little drones....

(Here's to Steve Brown, Mark Persons, Cheryl Sparks, and Larry Whisenhunt!)

 

[littlemissattitude]

Klaatu

Umm....Klaatu was the spaceman, played by Michael Rennie. The robot in The Day the Earth Stood Still was called Gort.

And, yes, Gort is right up there as a very cool robot.

Still, I have to confess to having a very soft spot for Robot, from Lost in Space (the original series; don't know anything about the movie, since I refuse to see it). Robot was just cool.

Oh, and while on the subject of The Day the Earth Stood Still...did you know they're working on a remake? I shudder at the very possibility.

 

[j d worthington]

Oh, and while on the subject of The Day the Earth Stood Still...did you know they're working on a remake? I shudder at the very possibility.

Oh.... Dear.... Gawd.....

 

[HardScienceFan]

Klaatu
Kryten,hands down,LMAO simply when he entered a scene...,let alone his remarks
Who played,him,I believe he was Welsh,that's about all I know/seem to remember
Best sidekicks thread,anyone?????

 

[Quokka]

For most of the series Kryten was played by Robert Llewellyn, if you've ever seen Scrapheap Challenge, he was the main presenter. I spent ages trying to picture him as Kryten but he looks and sounds so different.

I was shocked to read there had been an american version but I checked it out and imdb and it turns out that it never made it pass the pilot stage, thankfully .

 

[Wyrm Publishing]

Hands down, it has to be B-9, the robot from the Lost in Space TV show.

 

[ilthaniel]

R. Daneel Olivaw and Roy Batty. But what about Major Kusanagi? She may not be seen as a robot, but she's as close as you can get, I guess...

 

[Tabasco]

No contest - Kryten. The only one to have an umbilical attachment for doing the vacuuming!

Dude... Rosie from the Jetsons would own this guy at vacuuming! She had a mean streak in her. Bender beware!

 

[Alurny]

Bender is the only one who springs to mind for all the obvious reasons!

 

[Connavar]

Bender is the best and the funniest robot i have seen and read.

 

[Jason_Taverner]

bender or robocop, who I not sure if you can really class as a robot but he was cool