Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

The Hardest Working Robot in Hollywood

2006 · Documentary, Science Fiction · 0h 14m · 6.0

Documentary short film about Robby the Robot; a $125,000 engineering marvel that advanced cinematic robotics and went on to become a film star & pop culture icon in its own right

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Cast

Joe Dante
Joe Dante
Self
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster
Self
Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt
Self
Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman
Self
Rudy Behlmer
Rudy Behlmer
Self
S
Steven Kotler
Self
William Malone
William Malone
Self
R
Robert Kinoshita
Self
John Dykstra
John Dykstra
Self
Anne Francis
Anne Francis
Self
John Carpenter
John Carpenter
Self
M
Maja Mataric
Self

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