List of fictional military robots

Contemporary discourse about the ethical implications of military robots has been shaped by their portrayal in science fiction.^[1] 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.^[1]

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

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) (2008) – Protectron (security robot), Mister Gutsy (armed variant of domestic servant robot), Sentry Bot (military combat robot), Liberty Prime (near-indestructible battle robot)
• 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) (2008) – Synth (generations 1–3) self-aware synthetic humans (a bodyguard and a headhunter is featured) and Brainbots (controlled by an organic brain)

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 (1997–2010) – General Atomics International "Mister Gutsy" combat droids, among others
• 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) – T-45d and T-51b Powered Infantry Armor (the former's MP-47/A prototype variant even has a basic AI)

Television

• Battlestar Galactica
• Buck Rogers
• 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.
• 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 "intellegent" 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".^[2]

Computer/video games

References

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