Happy Birthday, Karel Čapek

[filkertom]

On this date in 1890.

What/who is your favorite robot? Yes, androids and real-life robots (e.g., the Mars rover) count. First person to name Cherry 2000, Bethlehem Steele, or Girltron gets a thump on the head.

... Wait... that would be m- [thump]

Comments

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

There's also Rhoda Miller.

And this year, there are at least two new contenders.

But overall, yeah, I'd go with Spirit and Opportunity.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Lordy, I must need caffeine. Or maybe I was just trying to stay relatively unprurient. Good ol' AF709, the greatest robot ever made.