"films as ""Gone with the Wind"", ""The Wizard of Oz"" and ""Forbidden Planet."" The elder Grant helped create the extraterrestrial robot Gort from ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and Robby the Robot from ""Forbidden Planet"". ""Robby eventually became a member of the Grant household, where the younger Grant said he would see the robot, stashed in the family garage, on a daily basis. Though the robot ultimately ended up in a museum, Grant was said to have ""often affectionately remembered Robby the Robot as his brother."" Glen graduated from Hamilton High School in 1964. Grant received a bachelor's degree"
"and cured of his anti-matter contamination. The most visible reference to ""Forbidden Planet"" is the anti-matter monster (Mike Lee Lane), which is sometimes invisible and otherwise is seen as red outlines. It bears a close resemblance to the film's ""Creature from the Id"". The monster is invisible in the filmed sections of the serial (where a wind machine was used to show its progress), and as outlines in the video sections (created with Colour Separation Overlay). The ship main cabin set was re-used in the Fourth Doctor story ""The Robots of Death"" (1977). This is the final appearance by Michael"
"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"
"and ""B9 Environmental Control"" robot from the 1960s TV series ""Lost in Space"", which was called ""Robot"". Created at a cost of anywhere between $125,000 and $1,000,000 — depending on which source is quoted — and measuring around 7 feet (213 cm) tall, Robby the Robot was the result of the efforts of a number of individuals, although the final design as it appeared in ""Forbidden Planet"" is usually attributed to Kinoshita, who was head draftsman of the art department, and who produced the working drawings and blueprints for Robby's construction under the supervision of art director A. Arnold ""Buddy"""
"Robot for the classic 1956 film ""Forbidden Planet"", as well as the B-9 Environmental Control Robot for the mid-1960s hit science fiction television series ""Lost In Space"". The original Tobor prop and remote control device is still in existence, having been stored away safely in a private collection for more than 50 years. There is an on-line company, Fred Barton Productions, that sells screen-accurate, full-size replicas of Tobor as seen in the film. In a review in ""The New York Times"" ""Tobor the Great"" is characterized as ""This children's sci-fi adventure (that) chronicles the friendship between an 11-year-old and his"
"of the film was a future era, where mankind is ""spreading out into the universe"". Humans are using faster-than-light starships in the film. The film is set in part in outer space, and in part on an alien planet. Human beings arrive on flying saucers. A notable character from the film is Robby the Robot. ""He"" is a robot programmed according to Three Laws of Robotics, as defined by Isaac Asimov. In turn, ""Forbidden Planet"" itself was based on an earlier work, the theatrical play ""The Tempest"" (written c. 1610–1611) by William Shakespeare. ""The Tempest"" happened to be the favorite"
"Arizona. His career as a screenwriter started with ""Hundred Men and a Girl"" in 1937, while it took several years post war before he returned to the big screen in 1956 for the special effects tasks and built the famous Robby the Robot in ""forbidden Planet"", although without credit. Kinoshita is best known as the designer of three of the most famous robots in science fiction: Tobor from the 1954 film ""Tobor the Great"" as well as the 1957 television pilot ""Here Comes Tobor""; Robby the Robot from the films ""Forbidden Planet"" in 1956 and ""The Invisible Boy"" in 1957;"
"after they escape from the lab facility. During attacks the Creatures of the Unknown in Gotham City forest, G.I. Robot sprang at Frankenstein to subdue him, but a Creatures of the Unknown member severed G.I. Robot's head. G.I. Robot G.I. Robot is the name of a series of six fictional robots that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. The very first G.I. Robot, nicknamed Joe, first appeared in ""Star Spangled War Stories"" #101 (February–March 1962), created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru, with a second one named Mac in ""Star Spangled War Stories"" #125 (February–March 1966), by Kanigher"
"where, in defending Lois Lane from certain death, Krypto almost killed Mongul by ripping his throat out. Believing that Krypto was too dangerous to have around, Superman confined him to the Fortress of Solitude. A Superman robot nicknamed ""Ned"", presumably the same one programmed to protect Lois, was employed as Krypto's caretaker. The robot was programmed to give off Superman's scent every now and again to keep Krypto happy. In a later storyline, Brainiac 8 revived and increased the power to a forgotten Superman robot. The robot attacked the Teen Titans, killing Troia and Omen before it was defeated. In"
"Armoured Gideon Armoured Gideon is a comics character (and their eponymous story) who first appeared in British science fiction anthology ""2000 AD"". The stories were written by John Tomlinson, with art by Simon Jacob. Armoured Gideon is a robot created by a race known as The Silent Ones to prevent evil beings escaping from a parallel dimension to that of Earth's. Gideon is armed with a wide variety of weaponry to destroy anything it finds trying to escape the dimension known as ""The Edge"". When Gideon attacks, he does so uttering the word ""Annihilate!"" In 2018 the character made a"
"Robot to join the soldiers to eliminate Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown after they escape from the lab facility. Robotman (Robert Crane) Robotman is a Golden Age DC Comics superhero. He first appeared in ""Star-Spangled Comics"" #7 (April 1942) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak. Despite his name, Robotman is not a robot; he is a cyborg. Robert Crane is a scientist whose brain was placed inside a robotic body after he had been fatally shot. Since Crane had to be legally dead for his assailants to be charged with murder, he created a civilian"
"Robot (Lost in Space) The Class M-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, known simply as the Robot, is a fictional character in the television series ""Lost in Space"". His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics, such as laughter, sadness, and mockery, as well as singing and playing the guitar. With his major role often being to protect the youngest member of the crew, the Robot's catchphrases were ""It does not compute"" and ""Danger, Will Robinson!"", accompanied by flailing his"
"able to fend the aliens off and transport himself and the man used as a host to safety. Later, Robot was ordered to the showers by Monster Girl to clean up from his sewer expedition, and there he coughed up a surviving sequid, which he promptly killed. It remains to be seen if any more sequids are hiding inside his body. In Issue 108, Robot betrayed Invincible by trapping him in a parallel dimension, stating that he knows that he will never allow Robot's plan for world domination. Robot is technically skilled in a variety of areas, including genetics and"
"by production designer Arnold ""Buddy"" Gillespie, art director Arthur Lonergan, and writer Irving Block. These concepts were refined by production illustrator Mentor Huebner and perfected by MGM staff production draughtsman and mechanical designer Robert Kinoshita. The robot's groundbreaking design and dazzling finish represented a radical advance on the conventional ""walking oil-can"" depictions of robots in earlier features and film serials, and the only previous film robot of comparable style and quality was the ""Menschmaschine"" created for Fritz Lang's ""Metropolis"" (1927). However, this did not come cheap: As with every aspect of the production of ""Forbidden Planet"", MGM spared no expense"
"created by comic book writer Simon Furman. It was originally revealed in the Botcon story ""Covenant"" that before going on to create the Transformer race, Primus experimented with a group of twelve robots known as the Covenant of Primus. Based on the zodiac, these twelve robots were: Leonicus (leader), Aries, Piscor, Libras, Scorpius, Aquator, Taurotron, Cancix, Geminator, Sagittarii, Virgol and Capricurn. They existed in secret, training for the Omega Point. The Omega Point was a potential event that Unicron would attack at a point that there was no Prime. After the Omega Point, time was reverted and the instance never"
"only briefly seen, most probably dead, as a prisoner of Galvatron. In the original U.S. cartoon line, Autobots were the descendants of a line of robots created as consumer goods by the Quintessons on the planet Cybertron. Their bodies were forged by the Plasma Energy Chamber and given intelligence by the mega-computer Vector Sigma in order for the work to be carried out. Eventually, they developed sentience and rebelled against their creators. However, A-3, the resistance leader was displaced from time by Quintessons from the future in order to stop the insurgency. The resistance had help from future Autobots (whose"
"During her display, in which only Satsuki can control, she is stopped by a robot named Griffith, which also destroys tanks and people in the process. Inside, a man named Alan Mizuki claims she is a cyborg named Nana-Go, which was shown to him by Dr. Ogami in their early days in college together. The once-friend of Dr. Ogami has now become his biggest rival, after sabotaging an attempt to revive one of his loves, Jamie. Nanako pleads that she is not a cyborg, but a human. Mizuki refuses to listen, and still believes she is a cyborg, because she"
"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"
"of Bender's prejudice against non-robots. For example, one of his signature expressions is ""kill all humans"". Exceptions who are not subject to Bender's prejudicial attitude are those individuals on his ""Do Not Kill"" list, which seems to comprise only his best friend Philip J. Fry and his colleague Hermes Conrad (Hermes is added after the episode ""Lethal Inspection""). However, Bender is also occasionally portrayed as possessing a sympathetic side, suggesting that he is not as belligerent as he claims, a view often echoed by his friends. Bender, a high-tech industrial metalworking robot, was built in 2996 at Fábrica Robótica De"
"and Unicorn, a robot/subterranean vehicle. These four unexpected robotic heroes helped the zuyuans to survive the invasion so they could plan their exodus to a safer planet. However, while zuyuan strategists planned an escape route from Planet Zuyua, emperor Canilek sent his two sons on a quest to seek the Planet of Eternity, a sacred, mystical place where spiritual warriors go to attempt to awake the Kundalini serpent that lived in Mount Meru, and thus gain the spiritual transcendence, wisdom, inner peace and power that comes with being a Kundalini. Canilek hoped that at least one of his sons became"
"big tail. They were never shown, but it was indicated in the original screenplay that the ramps between the steps were designed to accommodate their dragging tail. Krell In the classic 1956 science fiction film ""Forbidden Planet"", the extinct race of advanced beings of the planet Altair IV are known as the Krell. The first human starship to land on Altair IV, the ""Bellerophon"", was destroyed, with the only survivors being Dr. Edward Morbius along with his wife (who later died of natural causes) and daughter. In his isolation, Morbius became the lone researcher to ever study the extinct Krell."
"up out of the suit. He wasn't aware that Bob was still inside, and thought that the suit was on fire. When he saw that it was Bob smoking inside the suit, he told him that in the future, whenever the script called for the suit to issue smoke, that Bob should be the one to make it happen. The robot costume had been created by art director and production designer Robert Kinoshita, who had been the designer of Robby the Robot from the 1956 film ""Forbidden Planet"". Though the regularly used robot required someone to be inside, there were"
"its first mission to save Reed and another soldier from a Tyrannosaurus. The next G.I. Robot is designed by Professor Thompson of MIT. In ""Weird War Tales"" #101, it is deployed to a Pacific island alongside the Marines to fight the Japanese military and placed under the control of Sergeant Coker. Although the robot is technically named ""Jungle Automatic Killer - Experimental Number 1"" (J.A.K.E. 1), Coker gives the robot the nickname of the G.I. Robot. Coker is skeptical of the robot's abilities, but it soon earns his trust. J.A.K.E. 1 is destroyed in ""Weird War Tales"" #111 but is"
"usually slightly modified for each appearance. The animated sequences of ""Forbidden Planet"", especially the attack of the monster, were created by the veteran animator Joshua Meador, who was lent out to MGM by Walt Disney Pictures. According to a ""Behind the Scenes"" featurette on the film's DVD, a close look at the creature shows it to have a small goatee beard, suggesting its connection to Dr. Morbius, the only character with this physical feature. Unusually, the scene in which the Id Monster is finally revealed during its attack on the Earth ship was not created using traditional cel animation. Instead,"
"advanced robotics development facilities upon a small Asian island simply called 8JO. Controlled by a highly advanced A.I.system, Kyron-5, the A.I. autonomously ran the island for 20 years until it come to realize humanity wasn't needed and began to use their own technologies to rebel against humanity; the great robot war began. To quell Kyron-5's insurrection, the allied powers dispatched a GUNHED battalion in attempt to stop Kyron-5, however, it was being protected by a powerful guardian, Aerobot. The battalion was defeated and all of its remains were thrown in a scrap yard. The conflict never had a clear victor,"
"Ultimo (Marvel Comics) Ultimo () is a fictional giant robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was once controlled by the Mandarin and used against Iron Man, but has fought Iron Man several times even when not under the Mandarin's control. Ultimo made a cameo appearance in ""Tales of Suspense"" #76 (April 1966) and its first full appearance was in ""Tales of Suspense"" #77 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. Ultimo is a gigantic android that is thousands of years old, and he was constructed by an alien species that has"
"was a noble person and did not deserve to die and consequently abandon their mission. At one point Elsie-Dee is responsible for the reviving of Sabretooth. The murderous mutant had been left for dead in the sewers and her casual misstep forced his neck back into place, allowing his healing factor to finish the job. The two robots risk their existences several times for each other and for Wolverine. At some point they travel in time and have several adventures, eventually gaining an AI stealth bomber and the companionship of the 'Hunter in Darkness'. Hunter is a white-haired wolf-like creature"
"the object's importance, Derec decides he must get it back from Aranimas and escape. During the construction of the robot, whom he names 'Alpha', Derec discovers and befriends another servant of Aranimass, a small, furry canine-like alien who he names 'Wolruf', since he cannot pronounce the real name. Together, they plan to mutiny against Aranimas with the help of Alpha by taking advantage of the fact that Alpha is bound by the Three Laws of Robotics and Aranimas is ignorant of that fact. They subdue Aranimas and gain access to the room where the object is hidden. While looking for"
"it dies. If it resists, it dies ""first""."" Ultimo (Marvel Comics) Ultimo () is a fictional giant robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was once controlled by the Mandarin and used against Iron Man, but has fought Iron Man several times even when not under the Mandarin's control. Ultimo made a cameo appearance in ""Tales of Suspense"" #76 (April 1966) and its first full appearance was in ""Tales of Suspense"" #77 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. Ultimo is a gigantic android that is thousands of years old, and he"
"enough to defeat Emperor Daibazaal's forces. Thousands of years ago, GoLion was an arrogant robot who, after defeating several Beastmen, tried to challenge the goddess of the universe into battle, but failed. For GoLion's hubris, the goddess taught him humility by separating him into five pieces in the form of five lion robots that sailed through space and crash-landed on Altea, to lay in wait for those who would one day reawaken him to fight evil once again. The are a race of merciless individuals who even oppress their own people. They capture other planets and enslave their population, forcing"
"Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Fred M. Wilcox that stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, and a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"", and the plot contains certain analogues to the play. ""Forbidden Planet"" pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in"
"Marvin Miller (actor) Marvin Elliott Miller (July 18, 1913 – February 8, 1985) was an American radio, film, and voice-over actor. Possessing a deep, baritone voice, he began his career in radio in St. Louis, Missouri, before becoming a Hollywood actor. He is best remembered for voicing Robby the Robot in the science fiction film ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956), a role he reprised in the lesser-known ""The Invisible Boy"" (1957). Miller's next most notable role is that of Michael Anthony, the loyal assistant of Paul Frees' generous millionaire J. B. Tipton, Jr., on the TV series ""The Millionaire"" (1955–1960). Born Marvin"
"name of a large robot, who was one of the series' most popular characters. Calling a villain ""Dr. Tobor"" may have been intended to fool young theater-goers into thinking they would see the robot in the serial. In fact, the only robots on view are the odd fedora-wearing robots from the 1935 Gene Autry serial ""The Phantom Empire"". This was the second of only three science fiction serials released by Columbia. The third, ""The Lost Planet"" (1953), is a virtual sequel although with different character names, The slaves of ""The Lost Planet""'s evil extraterrestrial dictator Reckov (also Gene Roth) inexplicably"