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![]() A 250 year old AUTOMATON HAND | ![]() An early AUTOMATON of MARIE ANTOINETTE | ![]() The MAILLARDET AUTOMATON |
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![]() "Psycho" - an automaton from the turn of the century | ![]() A poster for the Maskelyne's Magic Show featuring "Zoe" and "Psycho" | ![]() An ad for the Maskelyne's Magic Act featuring "Psycho" |
![]() A Diagram showing the inner workings of "Psycho" | ![]() MECHANICAL singing BIRDS | ![]() The WIRELESS DOG (1916) |
![]() MURDER MONKEY automaton | ![]() The MARIA ROBOTRI "MASCHINENMENSCH" from METROPOLIS (1927) | ![]() A Statue of the Maria ROBOTRIX from Metropolis that stands in Babelsberg, Germany |
![]() GORT, firing his laser, from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) Directed by ROBER WISE | ![]() A classic ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION cover by FRANK KELLY FREAS (1953) This image was later turned into a QUEEN album cover, as well as a model kit. | ![]() TOBOR THE GREAT (1954) foreshadowed Robby's clear domed "exposed brain" style |
![]() ROBBY THE ROBOT from FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) Designed by ROBERT KINOSHITA | ![]() ROBBY obeys the LAWS OF ROBOTICS, by disobeying an order to harm a human, and blows his circuits in FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) | ![]() ROBBY fires his beams to disarm the intruder's blasters in FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) |
![]() A close up of ROBBY THE ROBOT | ![]() LOUIS and BEBE BARRON created CYBERNETIC CIRCUITS for the sound of each character to achieve the first all electronic film score for FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) | ![]() THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (1958), foreshadowed the tragedy of the ROBO COP origin. |
![]() DISNEY's ABRAHAM LINCOLN audio-animatronic for GREAT MOMENTS WITH MR. LINCOLN | ![]() Robot JOHN from PLANETA BUR (1962) which was changed for it's U.S. release into VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET (1965) and then changed a 2nd time and turned into VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968) | ![]() THE ROBOT SPY from the first season of JOHNNY QUEST (1964-1965) |
![]() The ROBOT (also designed by ROBERT KINOSHITA) on his way to kill WILL ROBINSON in one of the "serious first five" episodes of LOST IN SPACE (1965) | ![]() The ROBOT, now known as B-9, becomes WILL ROBINSON's best friend in the later, color, episodes of LOST IN SPACE (1965-1968) | ![]() A schematic of THE ROBOT's functions |
![]() ROBBY THE ROBOT, as a guest star villain, squares of against B-9 on the WAR OF THE ROBOTS episode of LOST IN SPACE (1966) | ![]() THE ROBOT employing it's "Electro-Massage" function | ![]() TOM BAKER, the 4th DOCTOR WHO, towers over a DALEK |
![]() TED CASSIDY as the android RUK from STAR TREK (1966) | ![]() NOMAD wipes UHURA's memory in THE CHANGELING episode of STAR TREK (1967) | ![]() Check out the creepy robotic voice of WORLD CONTROL in COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1970) |
![]() MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER cover from the early 1970's | ![]() YUL BRYNNER as the robot GUNSLINGER in WESTWORLD (1973) | ![]() BRUCE DERN saving Earth's last forests with his helpful DRONES in DOUGLAS TRUMBULL's SILENT RUNNING (1972) |
![]() A diagram of the functions of R2D2 | ![]() ED-209 in ROBOCOP (1987) | ![]() BRAD BIRD's fantastic feature length cartoon THE IRON GIANT !1999) |
![]() A group illustration of compiled ROBOTS from Cinema and Television |
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