An Overview of Fictional Military Robots

Introduction

The following is a (non-definitive) list of fictional works with military robots.

Refer to Lethal Autonomous Weapon (LAW).

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 armour)
    • Aliens (1986) – (Aliens) Lance Bishop Hyperdyne Systems model 341-B Synthetic
  • Androids:
  • 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 CENTralised)
    • The Black Hole (1979) – B.O.B. (BiO-sanitation Battalion)
    • The Black Hole (1979) – Maximilian
    • Screamers (1995) – Screamers
  • Powered Exoskeletons:
    • The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – APU (Armoured 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)

Television

At Last a Perfect Soldier by Robert Minor, first published in The Masses in 1916.

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 armour

Computer/Video Games

  • A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) and (Armour Commander)
  • Apex Legends
  • Armed and Dangerous
  • BioShock (series)
  • Call of Duty Series:
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
    • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  • Command and Conquer:
    • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
    • Command & Conquer: Generals and Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Yuri’s Revenge
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
  • Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
  • Earthsiege 2
  • Empire Earth
  • Empire Earth II
  • Fallout (series)
    • General Atomics International “Mister Gutsy” combat droids, among others
    • Synth (generations 1–3) self-aware synthetic humans (a bodyguard and a headhunter is featured) and Brainbots (controlled by an organic brain)
    • T-45d and T-51b Powered Infantry Armor (the former’s MP-47/A prototype variant even has a basic AI)
    • Protectron (security robot), Mister Gutsy (armed variant of domestic servant robot), Sentry Bot (military combat robot), Liberty Prime (near-indestructible battle robot)
  • Halo 1, 2, and 3 (2001-2007) – Sentinels, and Super Sentinels
  • Metal Gear
  • Overwatch
  • Portal
  • Ratchet & Clank
  • Starsiege
  • Supreme Commander
  • Tiny Tank
  • Titanfall and Titanfall 2
  • Trails (series)
  • Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004
  • Messiah
  • Z
  • StarCraft
  • Battletech
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Girls’ Frontline

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