Read more about Robby the Robot (Lost in Space) at: Wikipedia Official Site: empsfm Robby the Robot was a fictional character who made a number of appearances in science fiction movies and television programs from 1956 onward. Robby the Robot was a 211 cm [6-foot, 11-inch] tall fictional robot originally designed for the 1956 MGM movie Forbidden Planet . It quickly became a science fiction and fantasy icon. Forbidden Planet was inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Robby was in turn inspired by the spirit Ariel in that play. The first known use of the name "Robbie the Robot" was for a mechanical likeness of Doc Savage used to confuse foes in the 1935 adventure The Fantastic Island. That was followed in 1940 by the Isaac Asimov short story "Robbie", about a first-generation robot designed to care for children. As Dr. Morbius demonstrates in Forbidden Planet, Robby was programmed to obey the Three Laws of Robotics. This becomes important near the end of the film when Robby refuses to kill the "id monster" because he realizes that it is an alter ego or extension of Dr. Morbius. The Laws of Robotics were adapted from I, Robot, published in 1950 by Isaac Asimov.
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Robby the Robot (Lost in Space)