Wired's List Of 50 Best Robots

[Ian]

I dunno if I'd count some of these as robots (Ex: HAL 9000) but the list is interesting.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/robots.html

The #1 robot is pretty lame IMO. At least R2-D2 and Optimus Prime made it on the list.

[Alejandra]

I saw only one fem-bot, and Where is Rosie from the Jetsons?

In spanish Rosie was translated as Robotina a more hilarious name, I think.

[dodecahedron]

they don't have K9 on that list

[Morpheus]

they don't have K9 on that list

Yeah, I was going to mention that. They list Astro Boy (????) but not K-9. There's also one or two more I thought up yesterday, but I can't remember them now.

<edit>
Ok, here's a few:

Mervin (Hitchhiker's GuideTo The Galaxy),
Kryton (Red Dwarf),
Bender (Futurama),
Cylons (Battlestar Galactica),
Data / Lore / B4 (etc) (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
(although they're androids not robots)

(and there's probably alot more)...

[dodecahedron]

as for K9, well, Americans, what do they know of good Sci-Fi ?

omitting Marvin from that list might very well be the stupidest (is there such a word?) omission.

i didn't know the cylons were robots!

[smartin4]

Bender (Futurama),



An outrage that he didnt make the list!!!


Not sure if he would actually qualify or not, but what about Voltron?

[Ian]

Bender would be on the 50 most notorious robots..

Was Voltron truly a robot though? People had to pilot him.