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Silent Running is a 1972 American environmental-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull , and stars Bruce Dern , Cliff Potts , Ron Rifkin , and Jesse Vint . Plot
Coppélia, a life-size dancing doll in the ballet of the same name, choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by Léo Delibes (1870) The word robot comes from Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 in Czech and first performed in 1921. Performed in New York 1922 and an English edition published in 1923.
R2-D2 (/ ˌ ɑːr. t uː ˈ d iː t uː /) or Artoo-Detoo [1] is a fictional robot character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas.He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical Star Wars films to date, including every film in the "Skywalker Saga", which includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.
Artificial intelligence names Computer or program Robot or android Ref 1927 Metropolis: Germany Maria's robot double [1] 1934 Der Herr der Welt (i.e. Master of the World) Germany Überroboter / Kampfmaschine (i.e. fighting machine), working-robots 1935 Loss of Sensation: USSR: 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still: USA Gort [1] 1957 The Invisible ...
In the U.S. cartoon line, the Autobots were the descendants of a line of robots created as consumer goods by the Quintessons; the Decepticons, are descended instead from robots designed as military hardware. Other terms for the Autobots are Autorobot (in Italy), Autoboterna (in Sweden), Kibery (in Ukraine), and Robotrikim (in Israel).
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The "R" initial in his name stands for "robot," a naming convention in Asimov's future society in which all robot names start with the initial R to differentiate them from humans, whom they often resemble. He is a major character in the Robot series, as well as having important roles in the prequels and sequels to the original Foundation Trilogy.