Robot (disambiguation)
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A robot is an electro-mechanical device that can perform autonomous or preprogrammed tasks.
Robot or robots may also refer to:
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[edit] Business
- Robots are used as calculating or distributing device in Business.
[edit] Entertainment
- GNU Robots, computer game for programmers
- Rise of the Robots, computer game developed by Mirage Media
- Robot Battle, programming game for Microsoft Windows where players design and code adaptable battling robots
- Robot combat, hobby in which two or more radio-controlled machines use varied methods of destroying or disabling the other robot
- Robot competition, event where robots have to accomplish a given task
- Robot Tank, 1983 video game for the Atari 2600
- Robots (computer game), computer game originally developed for the UNIX operating system
- Transforming Robots, very popular toy concept in the 1980's
[edit] Fiction
- Crow T. Robot, fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Real Robot, robot or mecha that is treated as a realistic tool rather than as a heroic semi-character in the Super Robot Wars series
- Robot Archie, fictional comic book character who first appeared in Lion #1 published in February 1952
- Robot Master, special kind of robot or android in the Mega Man original series that possesses a very advanced level of artificial intelligence
- Robot Master (Transformers), character in Marvel's Transformers comics
- Superman robots, fictional robots from the DC Comics Universe
[edit] Film
- Robot Carnival, Japanese anime film released in 1987
- Robot Jox, 1990 science fiction movie directed by Stuart Gordon
- Robot Monster, 1953 science fiction B-movie made in 3-D
- Robots (film), computer-animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox
[edit] Literature
- Robot (manga), series of books containing the art of various Asian artists
- Robot Visions, collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov
- Robots and Empire, 1985 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov
- The Complete Robot, collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov written between 1940 and 1976
- The Lotus and the Robot, 1960 book by Arthur Koestler exploring eastern mysticism
- The Rest of the Robots, collection of eight short stories and two full-length novels by Isaac Asimov
- The Robots of Dawn, "whodunit" science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov
- War with the Robots, collection of science fiction stories
[edit] Music
- Before the Robots, studio follow-up album to Better Than Ezra's 2001 studio release Closer
- Ima Robot, rock band based in Los Angeles that formed in the early 2000s
- Monsters and Robots, Buckethead's fifth album
- "Robot", song by The Futureheads from their album The Futureheads
- "Robots", song by TV on the Radio from their 2002 album OK Calculator
- Robots (soundtrack), soundtrack to the animated film Robots
- Robots in Disguise, electro punk band from London and Berlin
[edit] Technology
- Articulated robot, robot with rotary joints
- Autonomous robot, robot which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance
- Domestic robot, robot used for household chores
- Entertainment robot, robot that is not made for utilitarian use
- Humanoid robot, robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body
- Industrial robot, automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes
- Leonardo's robot, humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495
- Military robot, autonomous or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications
- Mobile robot, automatic machine that is capable of movement in a given environment
- Robot calibration, process of identifying the real geometrical parameters in the kinematic structure of an industrial robot
- Robot control, theory of how to model and control robots
- Robot dog, robot in the shape of a dog
- Robot kit, special construction kit for building robots
- Robot locomotion, the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently
- Robot software, coded commands that tell a mechanical device what tasks to perform
- Robot welding, the use of mechanized programmable tools which completely automate a welding process
- SCARA robot, 4-axis industrial robot
- Snake-arm robot, a hyper-redundant, snake-like manipulator
- Social robot, autonomous robot that interacts and communicates with humans by following the social rules attached to its role
- Tug robot, automated delivery system
- Wearable robots, person-oriented robot that is designed to be worn
- Web robot, automated software program used on the Internet
[edit] Television
- Little Robots, stop-motion animated children's TV series
- Robot (Doctor Who), 1974–1975 serial featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor
- Robot Chicken, American stop motion animated television series created by Stoop!d Monkey and Sony Pictures Digital
- "The Robots" (Code Lyoko episode), the twentieth episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko
- The Robots of Death, serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
[edit] Other
- Robot (dance), illusionary dance style often combined with popping that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin
- Robot Patent, 1771 serf labor reform enacted by Maria Theresa of Austria
[edit] See also
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