Two great reasons for Data
#1 His fondness for cats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va6I5YagNDc

#2 His attempts at understanding humans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7jbP1_H9sA

oh, oh, oh - what about The Day the Earth Stood Still!!! That was one kick-a$$ robot!

doxylover wrote:First one to come to mind was Lost in Space, don't forget the Android from Aliens named Bishop! Also, R2D2 and C3PO...Rosie from the Jetson's not a big deal but the others you all mention I'm not familiar -I grew up in the 70's & 80's!

I forgot about WALLIE and EVA - cute couple!

moles1138 wrote:Johnny Sokko's Flying Robot
or Ultraman (was he a robot?)

Yeah but Johnny Sokko was a Japanese show on American TV - Ultraman was cool and I believe a robot

WALL-E? C3PO? Pris, Johnny-5, Robocob, etc. etc. etc...

Did half of the commenters here not bother actually reading the question? Television robots, people. Not movies.

On that note, does Automan count? Technically, he was a computer program that generated a "hologram", but that hologram could interact with the physical world like a real thing, so that's kind of like a robot. I loved that show when I was a kid. Which reminds me, KITT from Knight Rider was technically a robot. He had a car for a body, rather than something anthropomorphic, but robots aren't required to look like people.

I take back my Automan vote. I going team KITT.

Bishop from Aliens

Robot B-9 from "Lost In Space"

No Bender B. Rodriguez from Futurama, poll creator? You fool! You foolish fool!

Props to all of you meat-bags for repping the world sexiest killing machine who's fun at parties.

Imma let you finish, but GLaDOS is the best robot/android of all time!

But seriously, Bender is best TV robot

seriously no tom servo, crow, or marvin?

Duh.. the Knight Industries 2000... better known as KITT. Not only was he state of the art artificial intelligence... he was also a babyin' Trans Am!!

Bob May - a.k.a. the Class M-3 Model B9, General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot known to all simply as "The Robot" on Lost in Space... remember, he played the guitar and sang once?

whosgotmyusername wrote:oh, oh, oh - what about The Day the Earth Stood Still!!! That was one kick-a$$ robot!

Klaatu! Barada Nikto!

My vote has to go to the pre-cog Robot from Lost in Space. This robot was able to detect danger before it occurred and had an off switch for when it was out of control.

BSG Cylons certainly would get my vote if they were logical. They weren't. Most robots are never presented as being patient. Same holds true for Erasmus in the recent Dune books by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert. Only Marvin and R. Daneel R. Olivaw have the patience I expect in my robots.

Robby doesn't count since I'm sure someone above has pointed out that Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy were movies though it made a few TV appearances but not with the Forbidden Planet abilities. Check the thread/poll title again.

Alice: definitely.

Rayna: somewhat less definitely.

Barbara: maybe.

Stella: NOT. NOT NOT NOT, oh so very extremely NOT.

disturbed wrote:Kryten from Red Dwarf.

This. Who could not vote for an android that comes with numerous groinal attachments?!

HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey

danger danger will robertson, from lost in space.

How is Bender from Futurama not on there?

cybergrammy wrote:Klatu,
from the Day the Earth Stood Still, of course!

Klaatu was the name of the humanoid (Michael Rennie) and the robot's name was Gort.

Hymie from Get Smart.

The robot from Lost in Space

Muffit the robotic daggit from the original Battlestar Galactica

Amblyopia wrote:Danger Will Robinson!

Absolutely the best.

mattmatt7 wrote:HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey

It's a computer, not a robot. Duh

wcounts3 wrote:My vote has to go to the pre-cog Robot from Lost in Space. This robot was able to detect danger before it occurred and had an off switch for when it was out of control.

BSG Cylons certainly would get my vote if they were logical. They weren't. Most robots are never presented as being patient. Same holds true for Erasmus in the recent Dune books by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert. Only Marvin and R. Daneel R. Olivaw have the patience I expect in my robots.

Robby doesn't count since I'm sure someone above has pointed out that Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy were movies though it made a few TV appearances but not with the Forbidden Planet abilities. Check the thread/poll title again.

I thought it was the same Robby in Lost in Space, no?

TERMINATOR!

Definitely Marvin the paranoid android from Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Amblyopia wrote:Danger Will Robinson!

Lost In Space .... "Danger Will Robinson."
The robot was in every episode of the TV show, and I only know that one line!

Zia Lia wrote:This. Who could not vote for an android that comes with numerous groinal attachments?!

Meh. What good is an egg beater attachment if no one is willing to eat the omelets?

"Affirmative"
-K9
Man I miss that guy, good times

cinderhill wrote:Definitely Marvin the paranoid android from Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Marvin definitely should have been on the poll,

He probably wasn't because the mediocre film disinterested many people from Adams' wonderfully crafted series.

Tobor, the 8th man

Anyone give any love to Twiki from Buck Rogers?

How could you leave out the best robots?
Pimpbot 5000 from Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Crow, Tom Servo, and Gypsy from MST3K

The Robot from Lost in Space. As iconic as the Batmobile, the USS Enterprise, and the General Lee!

Robot from Lost in Space

Have to agree, Rosie.