Robots (seen)
Work in progress. No order. No cyborgs.
To count as a robot, they must have the following characteristics:
1. Autonomous (has A.I. pre-programed to do something)
2. Completely synthetic; no living tissue
3. Has a body of some sort (if A.I. resides within a computer, which is not inside of a robot body, I'd consider it only a program)
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Terminator is technically a cyborg because he is a robot wearing living flesh, which is not synthetic. He just barely makes it into the cyborg category.
Saturn 3 "robots" are cyborgs because they have human brains.
Fembots (Six Million Dollar Man, etc) are cyborgs.
I guess I'll have to make cyborg lists eventually.
Pretty much all "robot" combat shows are actually remote controlled combat vehicle shows. Might as well just be remote controlled cars with knives taped to them.
Note: A Roomba with a knife taped to it is an actual robot. Probably not a very good combat robot (since its A.I. is programmed not to bump into things), but still more of a robot than a remote controlled vehicle.
To count as a robot, they must have the following characteristics:
1. Autonomous (has A.I. pre-programed to do something)
2. Completely synthetic; no living tissue
3. Has a body of some sort (if A.I. resides within a computer, which is not inside of a robot body, I'd consider it only a program)
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Terminator is technically a cyborg because he is a robot wearing living flesh, which is not synthetic. He just barely makes it into the cyborg category.
Saturn 3 "robots" are cyborgs because they have human brains.
Fembots (Six Million Dollar Man, etc) are cyborgs.
I guess I'll have to make cyborg lists eventually.
Pretty much all "robot" combat shows are actually remote controlled combat vehicle shows. Might as well just be remote controlled cars with knives taped to them.
Note: A Roomba with a knife taped to it is an actual robot. Probably not a very good combat robot (since its A.I. is programmed not to bump into things), but still more of a robot than a remote controlled vehicle.
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- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsDylan McDermottStacey TravisJohn LynchThe head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsAndy KaufmanBernadette PetersRandy QuaidTwo household robots run away and try to start a family.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsMaureen StapletonEdward HerrmannPaul BenedictThree children and their father get a very special robot grandmother to assist them.
- DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsEli MarienthalHarry Connick Jr.Jennifer AnistonA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsEmbeth DavidtzSam NeillAn android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsBradley GreggTraci LindMalcolm McDowellThree ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsYul BrynnerRichard BenjaminJames BrolinA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsAlly SheedySteve GuttenbergFisher StevensNumber 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsFisher StevensMichael McKeanTim BlaneyRobot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
- DirectorDouglas TrumbullStarsBruce DernCliff PottsRon RifkinIn a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsWill SmithBridget MoynahanBruce GreenwoodIn 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsKelli MaroneyTony O'DellRussell ToddA group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsBrad DourifEly PougetWilliam HootkinsAfter a mad genius inventor of killer robots and cyborgs at Chaank Armaments Corp. kills execs, he unleashes his ultimate death machine on the new cute CEO firing him.Pretty bad until nearer to the end.
- DirectorDon HallChris WilliamsStarsRyan PotterScott AdsitJamie ChungA special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.
- DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka ImotoKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
- DirectorPierre-William GlennStarsKaren AllenJürgen ProchnowJohnny HallydayIn a sort of "Mad Max" futuristic adventure, an international sport has been established where a driver of a computerized truck must drive across country to an established terminus and not be stopped by other vehicles. The lead truck, called "Monster" has been created by a boy genius and is to be driven by a woman through the course. The only problem is the computer guidance system fails and she ends up in uncharted territories. There she encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her and eventually kill her. Before dying she tells a fellow prisoner about the truck and he uses it to escape. Most of the rest of the film is his relationship ("2001" - Hal-like) with the truck's computer and his avoidance of attacking vehicles. Meanwhile back at the Terminus, the boy genius is ruled by a mysterious doctor, who may have another plan in mind.I think Monster was supposed to be a robot that could control the van thing. I watched the American/German version, which is edited badly and changed things so drastically, that little made any sense. I hope there is a French version with English subtitles out there somewhere. - On another note, if anyone knows which cartoon was shown in the film, I'd really like to know. Thanks!
(May technically only count as an A.I. program.) - CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGeorge O'HanlonJanet WaldoMel BlancThe misadventures of a futuristic family.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaIwao TakamotoStarsGeorge O'HanlonPenny SingletonMel BlancGeorge Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.
- CreatorHoward LeedsStarsRichard ChristieMarla PenningtonJerry SupiranThe zany adventures of a suburban family, their next-door neighbors, and an innovative robot designed to look like a human child.
- DirectorGreg PakStarsTamlyn TomitaJames SaitoVin KnightFour tales: a robot baby as a pre-adoption test, a mother and her dying son's toy robot collection, a lonely robot office worker, and a sculptor contemplating robot-enabled immortality.
- DirectorWilliam SachsStarsStephen MachtAvery SchreiberJ.D. HintonIn the 31st century, sexy blonde android Galaxina helms the crew of a space cruiser on a mission to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power.
- DirectorChris MalazdrewiczThomas ParkinsonAlain ZaloumStarsRachel BruneauMichael BurnsPatty CarderelliThree short stories about three extraordinary friendships gone wrong; An antique car comes into the life of the young couple of Alex and Kathleen. The young bachelor Frank finds a new friend within his refridgerator. While hard working Susan seeks a dating agency to find her perfect match.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampA police robot patrols the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Ash
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Bishop
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique PinonTwo centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.Call
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.Including the movies.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDavid HasselhoffEdward MulhareRichard BasehartA lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.
- DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsMeisa KurokiShôsuke TaniharaYasuko MatsuyukiJapan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsTom SelleckCynthia RhodesGene SimmonsIn the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
- DirectorSteve De JarnattStarsMelanie GriffithDavid AndrewsPamela GidleyIn 2017, a successful businessman travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. He hires a sexy renegade tracker to find an exact duplicate of his android wife.
- DirectorJohn T. KretchmerStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world ruled by automatons who've made humans obsolete, Quinn and Rembrandt become the guinea pigs in a ghastly experiment.
- DirectorHenri SalaStarsDebbie LasterDale MidkiffDebra HunterA female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.I'm pretty sure George is technically meant to be a robot. He's anchored to one place, but I still think he's a robot, even if he was played by a clown handpuppet...
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- CreatorJoel HodgsonStarsJoel HodgsonMichael J. NelsonTrace BeaulieuIn the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
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- DirectorDavid KarlakStarsKerry BishéAnton YelchinRufus SewellA dystopian future, where man's attempt to create artificial intelligence has spun wildly out of control, leading to a war between man and machine.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsMarilyn JonesPerry LangPamela Dean KellyHolly, the lead in a children's TV series, isn't the nice puppet she pretends to be.
- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsDon OliveraJesse VintJune ChadwickIn the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
- DirectorTony CooksonStarsJoshua John MillerEdan GrossMarcia StrassmanTwo inventor brothers create a working robot that is also inhabited by the spirit of their dead father.
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- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer RubinA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.