Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Famous robots in film and TV

One of the most discussed questions in relation to robots are in fact the film robots, so here are a few

Famous robots in Tv and film

Terminator.


Appeared in all three Terminator films. Full name is T-100. In each film, the terminator sent back is a different one. There are three types of terminator seen in the films: T-100 (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), T-1000, and T-X (AKA Terminatrix).




Bender (Futurama)

Bender is a loud mouthed, obnoxious beer drinking robot in the animated series Futurama. According to the episode “mars university”, he attended college, majoring in bending, and minoring in robo-american studies. He is also revealed to be 30% iron in the episode “The 30% Iron Chef”. Bender’s appearance is what we imagine what a robot would be like.







R2D2

Perhaps the most famous robot in film. R2D2 is a special type of robot known as a droid. He serves as a helpful aid to some of the characters in the star-wars movies.

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