robot helper theme
A sophisticated but not quite sentient mobile machine that serves man as his helper.
Examples
The immortal Mr. Flint had a hovering robot helped named M-4 in tos3x21 "Requiem for Methuselah".
22 total · 1 choice · 11 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991) | choice | The Carson brothers, Josh and Max, invented a mobile, helper robot (named Newman) that became inhabited by the consciousness of their deceased father. |
| columbo1971e3x06 | major | The comically maladroit MM-7 programmable humanoid robot, who the viewer may recognize as Robby the Robot, was programmed to become Dr. Cahill's unwitting accomplice in the murder of Dr. Nicholson. MM-7 carried out tasks at a computer terminal so that it seemed Howard was there. It additionally understood natural language, could walk a dog, and proved to be a particularly sore loser at chess. In addition, Dr. Marshall Cahill programmed the MM-7 to take his place overseeing a war exercise. |
| futurama6x17 | major | Bender objected to being a robot helper so made robot helper duplicates of himself. |
| ldr2019e2x01 | major | Jeanette had a sophisticated house cleaning robot that accidentally acquired sentience. |
| movie: Contract (1985) | major | The cash register shaped trading robot QBF-41 |
| movie: Forbidden Planet (1956) | major | Robbie was a robot helper |
| movie: H G Wells The Shape of Things to Come (1979) | major | Omus commanded an army of bulky, roughly humanoid shaped robots. Kim reprogrammed one of Omus' robots to be her helper, and named it Sparky. |
| movie: Runaway (1984) | major | The film is set in a near future where it is normal for people to have appliance-on-wheels type robot helpers in their homes. In particular, Jack help a robot helped named Lois that helped him care for his young son Bobby. |
| movie: The Black Hole (1979) | major | The hovering robot V.I.N.CENT was a valued member of the USS Palomino crew. He had a somewhat smashed up counterpart on the Cygnus. |
| movie: The Twonky (1953) | major | Kerry West's television, which was called the Twonky, was a robot committed to serving his every need. Eventually it comes to regulate every aspect of his daily life. |