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List of fictional military robots

List of fictional military robots is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of fictional military robots rather than just read about it. In short: Contemporary discourse about the ethical implications of military robots has been shaped by their portrayal in science fiction. In particular, Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", which set forth basic premises about human-robot relationships in his fictional universe, significantly influenced other science fiction writers and helped to establish many of them as experts taken seriously by military policy makers.

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Reference excerpt

Contemporary discourse about the ethical implications of military robots has been shaped by their portrayal in science fiction. In particular, Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", which set forth basic premises about human-robot relationships in his fictional universe, significantly influenced other science fiction writers and helped to establish many of them as experts taken seriously by military policy makers. The following is a list of fictional works with military robots.

Film

Near future

Land design Kill Command (2016) – S.A.R Fahrenheit 451 (1953) – Mechanical hound Red Planet (2000) – AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) – S.I.M.O.N. RoboCop (1987) – ED-209 (Enforcement Droid Series 209) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-1 Battlefield Robot Short Circuit (1986) – Nova S-A-I-N-T (Strategic-Artificially-Intelligent-Nuclear-Transport) "Johnny 5" Hardware (1990) – M.A.R.K. 13 prototype killer combat droid

Air Models Stealth (2005) – EDI (Extreme Deep Invader) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-1 airborne VTOL craft

Land and Air Models Godzilla Mechagodzilla Mechagodzilla 1 - Extraterrestrial military robot Mechagodzilla 2 - Man-made military robot Kiryu or Mechagodzilla 3 - Man-made military robot Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse version) - Man-made corporate military robot M.O.G.U.E.R.A. Mecha-King Ghidorah

High futurist

Humanoids Terminator series (1984/1991/2003) – Cyberdyne T-800/T-850 Terminator Endoskeleton Star Wars Episodes I, II, III (1999/2002/2005) – Eos B-1 Battle Droid Star Wars Episodes II, III (2002/2005) – Eos B-2 Super Battle Droid Star Wars Episode III (2005) – Holowan IG-100 MagnaGuards Transformers (2007) – Decepticons Saturn 3 (1980) – "Hector" Model The Black Hole (1979) – S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment) Battlestar Galactica (1978) – Cylon Centurion (Military androids with silver armor) Fallout (series) (1997-present) – Protectron (General purpose robot, police variant available), Liberty Prime (Giant military robot), Synth (Generation 1 and 2), Assaultron Aliens (1986) – (Aliens) Lance Bishop Hyperdyne Systems model 341-B Synthetic

Androids Terminator series (1984/1991/2003) – Cyberdyne T-800 (Series 800, Model 101, Version 2.4) Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Cyberdyne T-1000 a shape-shifter android assassin Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-X "Terminatrix" Fallout (series) (2016-present) – Synth (Generation 3, which is a nearly perfect replica of the human body)

Other designs The Matrix series (1999/2003) – Sentinels Lost in Space (1998) – B9 "Robot" Star Wars Episodes I, II, III (1999/2002/2005) – Droideka (Destroyer Droid) Star Wars series (1977/2005) – R2-D2 (Astromech droid) The Black Hole (1979) – V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized) The Black Hole (1979) – B.O.B. (BiO-sanitation Battalion) The Black Hole (1979) – Maximilian Fallout series (1997–present) – Mister Gutsy, Robobrains (Controlled by an organic brain), Securitron, Sentry Bot, Liberator Halo 1, 2, and 3 (2001–2007) – Sentinels, and Super Sentinels Screamers (1995) – Screamers

Powered Exoskeletons The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – APU (Armored Personnel Unit) Iron Man (2008) – Iron Man Suit (Powered exoskeleton) Avatar (2009 film) (2009) – AMP (Amplified Mobility Platform) M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) – M.A.N.T.I.S. (Mechanically Augmented Neuro-Transmitter Interactive System) District 9 (2009) – Bio-Suit (Bio-mechanical powered exoskeleton) Fallout series (1997–present) – Various Models

Television Battlestar Galactica Buck Rogers Murder Drones Robotica 24 Stargate SG-1 Stargate Atlantis Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Doctor Who (List of Doctor Who robots)

Literature Various books by Isaac Asimov Shooting War by Anthony Lappé The Bolo stories of Keith Laumer and others. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Various Dale Brown books The Cybernetic Infantry Device manned robot and Tin Man robotic battle armor. "Malak" by Peter Watts Second Variety by Philip K. Dick The 1964 novel The Invincible by Polish writer Stanisław Lem described the ultimate evolution of military robots: swarms of minuscule, insect-like micromachines which defeat any "intelligent" machinery. This idea of an "ultimate weapon system" was finalized by Lem in his fictitious review "Weapon Systems of the Twenty First Century or The Upside-down Evolution".

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of fictional military robots

In research: List of fictional military robots appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of fictional military robots in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of fictional military robots is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of fictional military personnel, Military robotics, Works about robots, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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