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"Maschinenmensch" from the 1927 film Metropolis. Statue in Babelsberg, Germany. This list of fictional robots and androids is chronological, and categorised by medium. It includes all depictions of robots, androids and gynoids in literature, television, and cinema; however, robots that have appeared in more than one form of media are not necessarily listed in each of those media.
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 Boy: USA Robby the Robot: 1962 The Creation of the ...
Artificial intelligence is a recurrent theme in science fiction, whether utopian, emphasising the potential benefits, or dystopian, emphasising the dangers.. The notion of machines with human-like intelligence dates back at least to Samuel Butler's 1872 novel Erewhon.
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy (a.k.a La momia azteca contra el robot humano) Rafael Portillo: Ramon Gay, Rosita Arenas, Luis Aceves Castaneda: Mexico: Horror 1958: Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes Attack of the 50 Foot Woman: Nathan H. Juran: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers: United States: Horror Attack of the Puppet ...
From '2001: A Space Odyssey' to 'Star Wars,' it’s a medium where anything goes and nothing is off limits. Now, with the release of 'Dune: Part Two,' the canon of classic sci-fi films has a new ...
Science-fiction, the early years : a full description of more than 3,000 science-fiction stories from earliest times to the appearance of the genre magazines in 1930 : with author, title, and motif indexes. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873384162. Bleiler, E. F. (1998).
List of computer names in science fiction Archived 8 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine – also includes androids, robots and aliens; Robot Hall of Fame at CMU – with fictional inductees HAL-9000 and R2-D2; Jokes about computers in science fiction Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.