 A film poster for Forbidden Planet showing Robby. See the image for additional remarks concerning this robot. Robby the Robot was a fictional character who had a number of appearances in science fiction movies from the 1950s onward. "Robby" was a mechanical suit designed for an actor to wear, to play the part of a robot. It was originally designed for the 1956 MGM movie Forbidden Planet, and it became an icon representing the genre of science fiction films. Download high resolution version (580x863, 239 KB)A film poster for Forbidden Planet, contended as fair use. ...
Download high resolution version (580x863, 239 KB)A film poster for Forbidden Planet, contended as fair use. ...
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The "Robby" robot suit was also reused in a lesser movie called The Invisible Boy, and it made cameo appearances in several other movies and TV shows over the next few decades.
Robby differed from his successors in that he walked (somewhat awkwardly), while later models by his designer (Robert Kinoshita) such as Robot B-9 of Lost in Space moved smoothly on motorized treads. Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series produced between 1965 and 1968 by television producer Irwin Allen. ...
Before the appearance of Robby, robots in movies and plays tended to lack characteristics attributable as personality, being simple mechanical devices. Since his appearance, robots with personalities have become more and more common in movies.
According to http://www.the-robotman.com, the original Robby suit is now in the hands of an unnamed private collector. However, extremely detailed Robby replicas continue to make appearances at shows and events around the world thanks to Fred Barton productions (see external links).
Among the locales in which Robby the Robot can be seen is the wax figure museum Movieland in Los Angeles, CA.
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In 2004, Robby the Robot was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame. Forbidden Planet is a classic 1956 science fiction film and a subsequent novelization by W.J. Stuart. ...
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An unrelated robot named Robbie appears in the short story "Robbie" (aka "Strange Playfellow") in the Isaac Asimov collection I, Robot. Robbie (1940) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ...
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