A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. In practice, it is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own.
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Identify this short story: Malfunctioning robot destroys anything that moves, man is injured by robot, shines light on robot
Ok, I need your help. When I was young, I was reading some random book of short stories. I think the book was from 1960's. I can't remember the book name or the stories name.
But the story was ...
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Man whose job is to destroy broken robots on Mars
Could anyone help me please. I am looking for a short story where the setting is on Mars, protagonist a human waste disposal worker. His job is to shovel broken down robots into the furnace and they ...
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Trying to find An anime I watched in the late 80s featuring sentinels and a gun (i think)
All I recall is the protagonists may have been kids (perhaps a boy and a girl). I seem to recall them either crash landing on an unknown planet, and constantly trying to outrun large spherical ...
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When did the first back in time Time Traveling Robot appear in the real world?
Which work of literature, film, or TV (or radio) program was the first to feature a sentient robot from the future that traveled back in time?
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Anime about a cop with a robot partner and a rampaging tank
I have been searching for this for a few weeks and I am hoping that you guys can help me out.
I know that what I watched was a movie I am not sure if the story was self contained within the story ...
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Story Identification: 1980s series about four characters who escape a post-apocalyptic city in a bubble
From what I remember the animation style was quite similar to The Mysterious Cities of Gold. I have a feeling it was a Japanese/French collaboration.
There was a city in a bubble, somewhat ...
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Scifi novel from 90's with AI, robots, and a holodeck-like room
Can't recall what any of the title would be or who the author was. But the book involved the main character meeting a rich genius with a private island. He has an AI as his central computer, and it ...
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What Sci-Fi book about robot domination is this
Looking for help to find a book I read maybe 30 years ago.
the main thread was about robots eventually becoming in control of man. There is a central leader robot who comes to power. Key fact I recall ...
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Synthezoid vs Android
The Vision is always described as a Synthezoid, however I can't find any description of what that is other than a "A special type of android empowered by synthesizing energy". Is there any real ...
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Identify an anime series with combining robots
It is a mecha anime. I believe 4 or 5 robots combine into 1 giant robot. There are 2 male and 3 female pilots. one of the guys, the red head, sister has disappeared. the head of the team is this guy ...
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What is the earliest depiction of realistic (hard sci-fi) giant humanoid mechas or robots?
The usual depiction of giant humanoid mecha/robots is very unrealistic. They disregard the square/cube law, inertia, to just name a few violations of the rules of physics.
The most realistic ...
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Title of a time travel movie involving a boy in alien armour and a girl?
So years ago I saw this move with time travel but I didn't watch it from the very beginning.
I really would appreciate finding out the title of this movie.
Some random facts from this movie (I'm not ...
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How could Norby transport safely with Marcel?
In "Norby and the Queen's Necklace", Norby and his owner are taken back to the time of the French Revolution and end up escaping the Bastille. They end up meeting Marcel and then violate all sorts of ...
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Why does Larry 3000 refer to George Washington as the President in 1778? [closed]
In Time Squad, Larry 3000 and the rest of the team refer to George Washington as the President in the year 1778, but he was not actually the President until 1789. I would expect that Larry, being a ...
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Were there ever any depictions of non-android robots in any Star Trek episode or movie? [duplicate]
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Why are there so few robots in Star Trek?
I would say that the relative lack of onscreen robots had to do with show budgets, but even some of the cheesiest science ...
