A last-mile delivery robot named Robby, which has been undergoing real-world testing in California, just got a facelift. Robby 2 has a more robust drivetrain (necessary for the Bay Area's hilly ...

If you do not speak English, I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues. -- Robbie the Robot, in Forbidden Planet And for a mere $49,999.95 ...

Robby the Robot sells for record $5.38 million at auction The auction price for the star robot of the 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" is tops for a movie prop.

One might be tempted to think that re-creating a film robot from the 1950s would be easy given all the tools and technology available to the modern hobbyist, but as [Mike Ogrinz]’s quest to r… ...

LOS ANGELES — Robert Kinoshita, who designed beloved film and TV robot characters, including the bubble-headed “Lost in Space” robot who made “Danger, Will Robinson” a catchphrase of the ...

Robby the Robot — the robot from the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet is up for sale. Well, technically he isn’t so much a robot as he is a suit with some animatronics.

The “Lost in Space” robot had a deep male voice but no name — though aficionados refer to him by the model designation B9 that was visible in an episode. The machine had sustained popularity ...

Robert Kinoshita, who designed beloved film and TV robot characters, including the bubble-headed "Lost in Space" robot who made "Danger, Will Robinson" a catchphrase of the 1960s, has died.

PORTLAND, Ore. — There’s a new security feature at a Northeast Portland hotel. “Robby” the robot is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 350 pounds and can travel three to five mph. He also self ...

WHAT: When a 7-foot-tall Robby the Robot, along with his futuristic jeep, from the 1956 MGM film “Forbidden Planet” sold at Bonhams New York for $5.3 million in November 2017, the result broke ...

For Robby the Robot on Forbidden Planet, Kinoshita cobbled together several concepts contributed by MGM’s art and special effects departments, and made a miniature prototype of wood and plastic.