Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and "Lost in Space" (1965-1968)
Robby the Robot is the classic walking, speaking companion robot that cleans houses, cooks, and acts as chauffeur. He鈥檚 famous for his role in 鈥淔orbidden Planet.鈥� In this introduction of Robby, the character Dr. Morbius ponders whether, 鈥渨hen the lights are shot off and everyone goes home, I wonder if he鈥檚 really shut off or if his brain carried on thinking?鈥�
Robbie was the predecessor to the TV robot helper B9 on the show 鈥淟ost In Space." B9 was one of the earliest robot characters to be at odds with a human character via his efforts to foil the evil human protagonist Dr. Smith.
While MIT and others ponder how to make artificial intelligence more attractive to humans, Hollywood has already seeded the field with plenty of scenarios on what can happen when robots think for themselves.
