List of fictional robots and androids

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List of robots in literature and films:

First appeared on stage:

The word "robot" comes from Karel Capek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [written 1920; first performed 1921; performed in New York 1922; English edition published 1923]. In the play, the word refers to artificially created life forms. 1

First appeared in print:

Maidens made of gold, Bronze giant Talus, in Iliad by Homer (circa 800 BC)
The woman forged out of gold in Kalevala
The legend of the Golem, animated man of clay, mentioned in the Talmud.
A mechanical man powered by steam in Edward S. Ellis' "Steam Man of the Praries" (1865)
A mechanical man run by electricity in Luis Senarens' "Frank Reade and his Electric Man" (1885)
Helen O'Loy, from the story of the same title by Lester del Rey (1938)
Adam Link of I, Robot by Eando Binder (1939)
Robots by Isaac Asimov:
- Robbie, Speedy, Cutie, Stephen Byerly (or is he?) and others, from the stories in I, Robot (1940-1950) (not to be confused with the Binder's short story of the same title)
- R. Daneel Olivaw, from The Caves of Steel (1954) and subsequent novels
- Andrew Martin, from The Bicentennial Man (1976) (later made into a film)
Gort of Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates
The Humanoids, from a series by Jack Williamson
The androids, organic in nature and so human-like that they can only be distinguished by psychological tests. Some of them don't even know that they're not human. -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968) by Philip K. Dick
Doraemon in manga

First appeared in film:

Maria -- Metropolis (1925)
Gort -- The day the earth stood still (1951) (film version of Farewell to the Master)
Robby -- Forbidden Planet (1956)
The all-robot police force -- THX-1138 (1971)
The drones, Huey, Duey, Louie -- Silent Running (1972). Notable as the first movie in which non-anthropomorphic robots were made mobile by manning them with amputees.
The robots in Sleeper (1973)
The robotic gunfighters in Westworld (1973)
The masculinist plot to swap women to perfect looking, obedient robot replicas -- The Stepford Wives (1975)
C-3PO and R2-D2 -- Star Wars (1977)
V.I.N.C.E.N.T, B.O.B, Maximillian and the androids made out of humans -- The Black Hole (1979)
Ash in Alien (1979)
Replicants -- Blade Runner (1982) (the film version of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
Terminator (1984)
Johnny 5 in Short Circuit (1986) and its sequel Short Circuit 2 (1988).
The android in Alien Resurrection (1997)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Bicentennial Man (1999) Based on a short story by I. Asimov.
A.I. (2001)

First appeared on television:

B9 in Lost in Space (1960s)
Rosie in The Jetsons (1960s)
AF709 in My Living Doll (1964)
Daleks, K-9, the Movellans, the Cybermen -- Doctor Who (1963-1989)
Cylons -- Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980) (In the novelizations, Cylons were simply humanoid aliens wearing mechanical armor.)
Twiki and Dr. Forrester - Buck Rogers (1979)
Data and Lore -- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Tom Servo, Crow, Gypsy and Cambot from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)