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[BottomGuy]

On a radio show called Week Geekly I submitted the question "Who is the best robot?" And oh my god I loved the responses they had on the air! They just kept thinking of so many robots and couldn't figure out how to choose just one. Eventually they said they had to move on, but not before one of them voiced wanting to do brackets for robots to come to a decision. I agree 100% with the idea and now I want to follow through on it. They brought up so many robots I didn't think of initially that I know I cannot do this on my own. So I turn to you guys to help me amass a list of the best robots ever!

 

Post the best robots you can think of and I will create a running list in this post.

 

Best Robots

1. Iron Giant (Iron Giant)
2. Wheatly (Portal 2)
3. GLaDOS (Portal)
4. C3PO (Star Wars)
5. R2D2 (Star Wars)
6. Mega Man (Mega Man)
7. Roll (Mega Man)
8. Rush (Mega Man)
9. Met (Mega Man)
10. Wall-E (Wall-E)
11. Eve (Wall-E)
12. Optimus Prime (Transformers)
13. Megatron (Transformers)
14. Bumblebee (Transformers)
15. Assembly Arm (Iron Man movies)
16. Bender (Futurama)
17. B9 (Lost in Space)
18. Robo (Chrono Trigger)
19. Johnny 5 (Short Circuit 2)
20. HK47 (KOTOR)
21. Data (Star Trek Next Gen)
22. K-9 (Doctor Who)
23. Cybermen (Doctor Who)
24. Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
25. HAL-9000 (Space Odyssey)
26. Sweetiebot (Friendship is Witchcraft)
27. Sonny (I, Robot)
28. ASIMO (Japan)
29. Astro Boy (Astro Boy)
30. Robby the Robot (Forbidden Planet)
31. AIBO (Japan)
32. MARIA (Metropolis)
33. Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
34. Roomba (Vacuum)
35. Spirit and Opportunity (Mars rovers)
36. T-800 (Terminator)
37. T-1000 (Terminator)
38. Crow T. Robot (MST3K)
39. Tom Servo (MST3K)
40. Gypsy (MST3K)
41. Cambot (MST3K)
42. H.E.L.P.E.R. (Venture Bros.)
43. BMO (Adventure Time)
44. Gumball Guardians (Adventure Time)
45. Linguo (Simpsons)
46. Robot Devil (Futurama)
47. Calculon (Futurama)
48. Robocop (Robocop)
49. Aya (Green Lantern)
50. Arcee (Transformers)
51. Dalek (Doctor Who)
52. Cybermen (Doctor Who)
53. AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)
54. Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
55. Lance Bishop (Aliens)
56. Brainiac (Superman)
57. Sentinels (X-Men)
58. Foot Soldiers (TMNT)
59. Zords (Power Ranger)
60. Zeke (Zoids)
61. Liger Zero (Zoids)
62. Reverend Lionel Preacherbot (Futurama)
63. Andromon (Digimon)
64. Metabee (Medabots)

 

Mega Man Robot Masters Sub-List

 

Spoiler

1. Cut Man
2. Guts Man
3. Ice Man
4. Bomb Man
5. Fire Man
6. Elec Man
7. Time Man
8. Oil Man
9. Metal Man
10. Air Man
11. Bubble Man
12. Quick Man
13. Crash Man
14. Flash Man
15. Heat Man
16. Wood Man
17. Needle Man
18. Magnet Man
19. Gemini Man
20. Hard Man
21. Top Man
22. Snake Man
23. Spark Man
24. Shadow Man
25. Bright Man
26. Toad Man
27. Drill Man
28. Pharaoh Man
29. Ring Man
30. Dust Man
31. Dive Man
32. Skull Man
33. Gravity Man
34. Wave Man
35. Stone Man
36. Gyro Man
37. Star Man
38. Charge Man
39. Napalm Man
40. Crystal Man
41. Blizzard Man
42. Centaur Man
43. Flame Man
44. Knight Man
45. Plant Man
46. Tomahawk Man
47. Wind Man
48. Yamato Man
49. Freeze Man
50. Junk Man
51. Burst Man
52. Cloud Man
53. Spring Man
54. Slash Man
55. Shade Man
56. Turbo Man
57. Tengu Man
58. Astro Man
59. Sword Man
60. Clown Man
61. Search Man
62. Frost Man
63. Grenade Man
64. Aqua Man
65. Concrete Man
66. Tornado Man
67. Splash WOMAN
68. Plug Man
69. Jewel Man
70. Hornet Man
71. Magma Man
72. Galaxy Man
73. Blade Man
74. Pump Man
75. Commando Man
76. Chill Man
77. Sheep Man
78. Strike Man
79. Nitro Man
80. Solar Man

[SpazCat]

Bender (Futurama)

B9 (Lost in Space)

Number 5 (Short Circuit)

K-9 (Doctor Who)

Cybermen (Doctor Who)

Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)

 

Does HAL-9000 (Space Odyssey) count?

[Glaciermage]

Robo(Chrono Trigger)
Johnny 5(Short Circuit 2)
HK47(KOTOR)
Data(Star Trek Next Gen)

To name a few.

[SpazCat]

Sorry, I kept editing my post as I was thinking of them.

[BottomGuy]

Does HAL-9000 (Space Odyssey) count?

I would say yes for two reasons. First, while HAL is mostly an AI, it does control robotics and machinery on the ship. Second, it is in the robot hall of fame so...

[Stars]

>_> <_<

 

Sweetiebot (Friendship is Witchcraft) is best robot

[Glaciermage]

Sonny and VIKI (I Robot)

There is a robot hall of fame? Nice. I've always been fascinated by robots and that's partially why there's the metal in the ice/fire/metal themes.

[Monkeydog]

Trying not to reiterate things so:

 

Crow T Robot and Tom Servo! I mean cooooomeon guys. They're the best. Gypsy and Cambot too.

 

Uhhhh

H.E.L.P.E.R. from The Venture Bros.

 

This asshole:

 

 

Also, don't forget the robot:

 

EDIT:

 

BMO!!!!!!!!!!!

[kspr]

Linguo from the simpsons
the robot devil
robocop
tom cruise

[Shoulder Devil]

Aya (Green Lantern: The Animated Series)
Arcee (specifically the Transformers Prime version)

Literally any Dalek (Dr. Who)

I mean, seriously. Just listen to these guys.

Also, WHERE THE FUCK IS AM (I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream). He may have been an AI, but he was an AI who was basically God. He could create robotic life at will, alter non-robotic life at will, and control the entire complex he existed inside at will. Also the entire planet, because he was basically everything and everywhere.



Also, kind of a homicidal, hate-filled bastard. The sort that puts literally every other contender for "evil machine" to shame. Even Skynet acted out of survival. GLaDOS is evil because she wants to study things and has no grasp of ethics. AM just hates you on every conceivable level.

[Stars]

Lol...AM is "kind of" hate-filled, he says...

[panda]

Roy Batty (from Blade Runner)

An argument can be made for Deckard. And Rachael certainly belongs on that list.

 

Also, I see Data was already mentioned. I would make an argument for Lal, his daughter. She developed on her own the emotions Data wanted all along (the otherwise useless Counselor Troi could even sense them). Sadly, her positronic brain couldn't handle it and she overloaded and died.

 

And while we're including Star Trek characters, The Doctor, Voyager's EMH-1. He became more than his programming and made a case for photonic life. Also, he was usually the only interesting character on that train wreck of a show.

[toysintheattic]

Braniac (Superman)

Sentinels (X-Men)

Awesome-O (South Park)

 

Daft Punk and Flight of the Conchords

 

[Phalanxman]

Data (Star Trek: TNG)

R2-D2 (Star Wars)

Andromeda (Andromeda)

Replicators (Stargate: SG-1)

Daleks (Dr. Who)

[Glaciermage]

I can't believe I forgot

-Foot Soldiers (1987 TMNT animated series)

[Xteven Xavier]

Power ranger zords. Just cause they're called zords.
Zeke, the organic from the first zoids show.

[SpazCat]

Do Zoids count?

 

[Stars]

Depends. We're apparently counting AI's, but mechs may be another matter since they're (usually) not characters in and of themselves.

[Xteven Xavier]

Well they are living robots, I'd argue that if daleks and cybermen count then zoids should as well

[SpazCat]

Well they are living robots, I'd argue that if daleks and cybermen count then zoids should as well

 

Yeah, I was going to counter about the Daleks but felt I would be EXTERMINATED.