"The sequel, ""Short Circuit 2"", premiered in 1988. There was a script for a possible third film written in 1989 and rewritten in 1990, but it was found unsatisfactory by the producers, and the project was subsequently scrapped. Johnny 5 would later appear in an episode of ""Home"", voiced by Peter Greenwood, and in a short educational film, ""Hot Cars, Cold Facts"", voiced by Russell Turner. In April 2008, ""Variety"" reported that Dimension Films had acquired the rights to remake the original film. Dan Milano had been hired to write the script, and David Foster to produce it. Foster said"
"Newton Crosby Newton Crosby is a secondary character in the 1986 science fiction film ""Short Circuit"", played by Steve Guttenberg. In the movie, Crosby is a programmer at Nova Robotics and the main designer of Johnny 5 and the other robots in the SAINT prototype series, alongside his friend and co-worker Ben Jahrvi. He is a somewhat naive scientist who is very vocal in his disgust over the use of his projects for violent military use, and is a constant foil to the movie's antagonists, Dr. Howard Marner and Captain Skroeder. Like them, however, he at first does not believe"
"Nova and is living with Stephanie in a family ranch in Montana. Newton Crosby Newton Crosby is a secondary character in the 1986 science fiction film ""Short Circuit"", played by Steve Guttenberg. In the movie, Crosby is a programmer at Nova Robotics and the main designer of Johnny 5 and the other robots in the SAINT prototype series, alongside his friend and co-worker Ben Jahrvi. He is a somewhat naive scientist who is very vocal in his disgust over the use of his projects for violent military use, and is a constant foil to the movie's antagonists, Dr. Howard Marner"
"Circuit Breaker (Transformers) Circuit Breaker (also known as Circuit-Smasher and the Emulator) is a fictional comic book character originally from the 1980s Marvel Comics ""Transformers"" series. Josie Beller, introduced in issue #6 (July 1985) as a prodigy working for G.B. Blackrock, invented a kind of bodysuit with imbedded circuits that allowed her to move her body after a spinal cord injury following a Decepticon attack on one of Blackrock's industry plants. The suit disrupts the circuits of electronic devices and Transformers and allows her fly using anti-gravity technology. During Marvel's Secret Wars II miniseries, the Beyonder encounters Circuit Breaker. She"
"replaced with mech fluid, and wondered aloud what she would do next. Circuit Breaker (Transformers) Circuit Breaker (also known as Circuit-Smasher and the Emulator) is a fictional comic book character originally from the 1980s Marvel Comics ""Transformers"" series. Josie Beller, introduced in issue #6 (July 1985) as a prodigy working for G.B. Blackrock, invented a kind of bodysuit with imbedded circuits that allowed her to move her body after a spinal cord injury following a Decepticon attack on one of Blackrock's industry plants. The suit disrupts the circuits of electronic devices and Transformers and allows her fly using anti-gravity technology."
"to use the lost robot in his business. When angrily told to destroy the ""Disinto"" and forget all about it, AL-76 obeys, and the secret of the reprogramming and the improved tool is lost. The theme of a robot reacting to an unfamiliar environment and reprogramming itself has been revisited on many occasions, including the films ""Short Circuit"" and its sequel ""Short Circuit 2"". Robot AL-76 Goes Astray ""Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"" is a humorous science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, originally published in the February 1942 issue of ""Amazing Stories"" and included in the collections ""The"
"were then captured by Circuit Breaker and her Rapid Anti-Robot Attack Team, taken to her lab and then dissected. Circuit Breaker then captured Autobots Air Raid, Fireflight, Silverbolt, Skids, Skydive and Slingshot. Using the parts from all the captured Autobots she created a giant Autobot with herself in control, striking a deal with them that if they would co-operate she would let them go. She had been injured in an earlier battle with the Decepticons and was too weak to fight them again by herself. Circuit Breaker then used them to oppose the Decepticon Battlechargers Runabout and Runamuck who were"
"In 1984 Wabot-2 was revealed; capable of playing the organ, Wabot-2 had 10 fingers and two feet. Wabot-2 was able to read a score of music and accompany a person. In 1986, Honda began its humanoid research and development program to create robots capable of interacting successfully with humans. A hexapodal robot named Genghis was revealed by MIT in 1989. Genghis was famous for being made quickly and cheaply due to construction methods; Genghis used 4 microprocessors, 22 sensors, and 12 servo motors. Rodney Brooks and Anita M. Flynn published ""Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: A Robot Invasion of"
"utilized for this purpose, the robot was stolen by Takiguchi's 12-year-old grandson Robert. Originally referred to as SJ3RX, the robot was named Red Ronin by the youngster. After an initial attempt to control the robot failed and it went on an accidental rampage, Rob succeeded in piloting Red Ronin into battle with Godzilla, in an attempt to drive the beast off. Rob wished to prevent the radioactive creature from being harmed and his attempts to ward the monster off of the San Diego missile base were designed to actually preserve his life. He succeeded in doing so and it was"
"the three robots, Viewfinder. The names of the other two robots are Spectro and Spyglass. Reflector uses a flash cube missile launcher as a weapon. The toy was only available by mail order in 1986, the recipient of the product having provided both monetary payment and a number of 'Robot Points' clipped from other Transformers packages. He was picked as the 8th worst Transformer of all time by X-Entertainment. In the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon, Reflector was depicted as three robots acting and speaking in unison. Reflector had very few significant action roles in the first season (1984–85), mostly serving"
"during their series four heat. Razer punctured Pussycat's body and lifted it with the arm but Pussycat fell and escaped. In doing so, Pussycat impacted the front wheel of Razer and rendered it immobile. Ian Lewis of Team Razer competed in a seven-way melee featuring antweight robots—miniature machines that weighed less than and fitted into a four-inch () cube. Lewis's robot for this battle was ""Razzler"", a modified Razer toy. Razer's next tournament was the Second World Championship. Its title defence began with qualification from a melee against ""Diotoir"", ""Flensburger Power"" and ""The Revolutionist"". It then beat fellow English representative"
"Robot Holocaust Robot Holocaust is a 1986 film directed by Tim Kincaid. It is set in post-apocalyptic New York City. Neo, a drifter from the atomic-blasted wastelands, and his klutzy robot sidekick arrive at a factory where slaves labor to fuel the Dark One's Power Station. He meets a woman who convinces him to help rescue her father, a scientist who invented a device that can break the Dark One's control over the factory slaves. Gathering a motley crew of allies on the way, Neo goes to the Power Station to confront the Dark One's evil servants. The film was"
"appearance came in a ""Robot Wars"" Christmas special called the Southern Annihilator. Six robots fought at the same time until one was eliminated, either through immobilisation or judges' decision. The remaining five robots then fought again, eliminating another, and so on until one robot remained and was declared the winner. Razer outlasted ""Vercingetorix"", ""Spawn of Scutter"", ""Behemoth"" and ""Attila the Drum"" to set up a final against ""Onslaught"". An attack by Razer's arm on one of Onslaught's rear wheels saw its adversary shed a tyre, lose grip, and drive into an area patrolled by ""Matilda"". The house robot flipped Onslaught"
"Roadblock (robot) Roadblock was a combat robot that competed on the British television series ""Robot Wars"". Constructed in 1997 by A-level students from Bodmin Community College, the robot was initially called ""Road Rage"" but was renamed in response to a request from the programme's producers. Both names were derived from the robot's distinctive construction from metal roadsigns. Roadblock was champion of the first series of ""Robot Wars"" and finished in third place for the second series. Although Roadblock was armed with a circular saw weapon, its success was primarily due to its wedge-shaped body—Roadblock could drive underneath opponent robots and"
"to her laboratory and dismantled them for study. (Transformers #21-22). Circuit Breaker then captured Autobots Air Raid, Fireflight, Silverbolt, Skids, Skydive and Slingshot. Using the parts from all the captured Autobots she created a giant Autobot with herself in control, striking a deal with them that if they would cooperate she would let them go. Circuit Breaker then used them to attack the Decepticon Battlechargers Runabout and Runamuck who were attacking the Statue of Liberty. After defeating the Decepticons with Circuit Breaker the Autobots were released (Transformers #23). When Starscream returns to Earth after absorbing the powers of the Underbase,"
"Pussycat (robot) Pussycat was a robot that appeared in the TV show ""Robot Wars"". It was unique as it was a pyramid shaped robot that could drive on its base (4 wheels) or on either side (2 wheels + roller) or even on the sides of its wheels until it flipped back onto the tyres. It made its debut in the Third Wars and competed in all series from then onward, bar the Sixth Wars, until the show's final series, the Seventh Wars. Pussycat was built by the Cold Fusion team, consisting of Robin Herrick and the Gribble family (father"
"""Let my people go!"" When questioned further, Elvex admits he was the man. Upon hearing this, Dr. Calvin immediately destroys the robot. Robot Dreams (short story) ""Robot Dreams"" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov exploring the unbalance of robot/human relationships under Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. It was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1987. It won the Locus Award for Best Short Story in 1987. ""Robot Dreams"", along with 20 other short stories by Asimov, was published in ""Robot Dreams"" in 1986 by Berkley Books. ""Robot Dreams"" involves Dr. Susan Calvin, chief robopsychologist at"
"Robotech: The Movie Robotech: The Movie, also called Robotech: The Untold Story, is a 1986 American-Japanese science fiction animated film based on the ""Robotech"" TV series and ""Robotech"" franchise created by Harmony Gold USA. The 1986 theatrical film used footage from part one of ""Megazone 23"" spliced with ""The Southern Cross"" and had only a tenuous link to the television series. In the year 1999, the alien spacecraft SDF-1 crashed on Earth, followed ten years later by the alien Zentraedi, seeking to reclaim the vessel for their rulers, the Robotech Masters. The First Robotech War erupted over the vessel, ending"
"Doctor Satan's Robot Doctor Satan's Robot is a 1986 made for television film condensed from the original 1940 ""Mysterious Doctor Satan"" film serial named after its chief villain. Master criminal Doctor Satan has a nemesis, a masked mystery man, the ""Copperhead"", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne. Wearing a copper mask, Wayne is searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. With Doctor Satan creating a mechanical robot that will terrorize the world, Wayne is determined to stop the criminal plans of the evil doctor. ""Doctor Satan's Robot"" and ""Mysterious Doctor Satan"" was directed by"
"to the entire neighborhood. Robot Wrecks Robot Wrecks is a 1941 ""Our Gang"" short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 200th ""Our Gang"" short released (201st episode, 112th talking short, 113th talking episode, and 32nd MGM-produced episode). Slicker sells the Our Gang kids some ""invisible rays,"" with which they hope to power their homemade mechanical robot. Miracle of miracles, the robot not only begins to move, but actually performs several of the gang's household chores. In truth, the robot is being manipulated by Slicker's cohort Boxcar, but the kids do not learn this until their rampaging mechanical"
"""3DV"", ""Sunstone"", ""Inside a Quark"" and some segments of the short film ""The Magic Egg"" from 1984. The story, written by Lance Williams, was never finalized but centered around ""Ipso Facto"", a charming elliptical robot, and the heroine, a young female pilot nicknamed ""T-Square"". The story was set at some time in the distant future when a malfunctioning computer, ""The Works"", triggered a devastating last World War but then, realizing what it had done, set out to repopulate the planet entirely with robots. T-Square, who worked and lived in a nearby asteroid belt, vowed to journey to Earth and fight"
"district of Osaka, Japan, overtaking these other three in terms of floor space. The store made a brief appearance in the movie ""Short Circuit 2"" when the main character, a robot named Johnny 5, enters the store and creates chaos as he reads through the books. On June 20, 2012, it was reported that the lease on the store's building, set to expire at the end of 2013, would not be renewed, and the store would close. In November 2013 it was announced that the property at 20 Edward Street had been sold to Lifetime Developments, and the store would"
"in Japan and England respectively. For some time Unimation's only competitor was Cincinnati Milacron Inc. of Ohio. This changed radically in the late 1970s when several big Japanese conglomerates began producing similar industrial robots. In 1969 Victor Scheinman at Stanford University invented the Stanford arm, an all-electric, 6-axis articulated robot designed to permit an arm solution. This allowed it accurately to follow arbitrary paths in space and widened the potential use of the robot to more sophisticated applications such as assembly and welding. Scheinman then designed a second arm for the MIT AI Lab, called the ""MIT arm."" Scheinman, after"
"Susan Calvin Dr. Susan Calvin is a fictional character appearing in Isaac Asimov's ""Robot"" series of science fiction short stories. She was the chief robopsychologist at US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., posited as the major manufacturer of robots in the 21st century. She was the main character in many of Asimov's short stories concerning robots, which were later collected in the books ""I, Robot"" and ""The Complete Robot"". According to Asimov's fictional history of robotics, Susan Calvin was born in 1982, the same year that US Robots and Mechanical Men was incorporated. At 16, she wrote the first of"
"published by Fun Publications are in italics."" After being severely injured in a raid for Earth oil by the Decepticon Shockwave, computer genius Josie Beller was left paralyzed in both legs and one arm. She developed cybernetic implants and an outfit that allowed her to not only move, but disrupt a robot's circuitry, causing it to malfunction and break down. Beachcomber, Blaster, Cosmos, Perceptor, Powerglide, Seaspray and Warpath were part of an Autobot team on Cybertron in the Earth year 1986. They battled the Decepticons led by Straxus over the Space Bridge and the Autobots were stranded on Earth. They"
"The same robot was used by Sylvester hunting Speedy Gonzales in a 1964 cartoon, Nuts and Volts. The scene where it's lower half of its body fell apart and parts fell out of its sockets like a person accidentally dropping its pants was also reused. A scene mentioned about Bugs Bunny calling the robot ""a fugitive from a Stanley Steamer"". Stanley Steamer is the colloquial name for products of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, which produced steam-powered automobiles from 1902 to 1924. There's also a scene where the robot dug the hole where Bugs was hiding and sifted out its"
"attack by Megatron, they were then captured by Circuit Breaker and her Rapid Anti-Robot Attack Team, taken to her lab and disassembled. After capturing the Aerialbots she encountered a new problem - the Decepticon Battlechargers Runabout and Runamuck were causing mayhem across America. Using the parts from all the captured Autobots she created a giant Autobot with herself in control, striking a deal with them that if they would co-operate she would let them go. Circuit Breaker then used them to battle the two Decepticons, who were attacking the Statue of Liberty. After defeating the Decepticons with Circuit Breaker the"
"Robot Wrecks Robot Wrecks is a 1941 ""Our Gang"" short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 200th ""Our Gang"" short released (201st episode, 112th talking short, 113th talking episode, and 32nd MGM-produced episode). Slicker sells the Our Gang kids some ""invisible rays,"" with which they hope to power their homemade mechanical robot. Miracle of miracles, the robot not only begins to move, but actually performs several of the gang's household chores. In truth, the robot is being manipulated by Slicker's cohort Boxcar, but the kids do not learn this until their rampaging mechanical man nearly lays waste"
"was ever released on VHS, except for these two episodes. The Telebugs The Telebugs is a cartoon from the 1980s about the adventures of three robots with televisions for heads. The robots' names are C.H.I.P. (Coordinated Hexadecimal Information Processor), S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A. (Solar Activated Micro Automated Non-inTerference Hearing Apparatus) and B.U.G. (Binary Unmanned Gamma camera) - who were accompanied by a flying video pack called M.I.C. (Mobile Independent Camera). They were invented by Professor Brainstrain (who is also known as Pwofessor Bwainstwain, owing to his unfortunate speech impediment) to stop enemies such as Baron Bullybyte, Magna, Angel Brain, Z.U.D.O (Zero-failure Universal Data"
"won the melee and went through to a six robot annihilator. In this 16 robot tournament featuring the most successful robots in Robot Wars, Tornado beat 3 Stegs 2 Heaven on a judges decision in the first round. In the quarter finals, it beat Pussycat, ramming it around so much it caused one of Pussycat's wheels to fall off. In the semifinals, it rammed Chaos 2 around the arena - despite getting flipped against the wall at one point, it won the judges decision. In the final against Razer, Tornado was quickly clawed by Razer, and was eventually immobilised by"
"super robots first appeared the United States as a part of Mattel's Shogun Warriors line of import toys, released in the late 1970s. An armada of horned humanoid aliens known as Boazanians invade earth and launch their ""beast fighters"" all over the world, defeating most of the world's armed forces. The Boazanians first defeat from the hands of Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V brings the invaders to focus their attacks on Japan. Voltes V was designed by Professor Kentaro Gō (Doctor Ned Armstrong), his wife Professor Mitsuyo Gō (Doctor Mary Ann Armstrong) and their trusted colleague, Professor Hamaguchi (Doctor Richard"
"Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm, was created in 1978 as an efficient, 4-axis robotic arm. Best used for picking up parts and placing them in another location, the SCARA was introduced to assembly lines in 1981. The Stanford Cart successfully crossed a room full of chairs in 1979. It relied primarily on stereo vision to navigate and determine distances. The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was founded in 1979 by Raj Reddy. Takeo Kanade created the first ""direct drive arm"" in 1981. The first of its kind, the arm's motors were contained within the robot itself, eliminating long transmissions."
"Robot Dreams Robot Dreams (1986) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie. The title story is about Susan Calvin's discovery of a robot with rather disturbing dreams. It was written specifically for this volume and inspired by the McQuarrie cover illustration. All of the other stories had previously appeared in various other Asimov collections. Four of the stories are robot stories, while five are Multivac stories. The companion book, which also showcases McQuarrie's illustrations (and includes Asimov essays in addition to short stories), is titled ""Robot Visions."" It contains a"