The film intended to portray Ro-Man as a more stereotypical-looking robot, but giant budgetary shortcomings, coupled with a 25-year-old first-time director, meant that things went just the tiniest bit astray. The character is actually quite the monster-as a “moon robot” he’s invaded Earth and slaughtered its entire population except for the motley crew of eight annoying Hollywood actors still opposing his diabolical plans.

For decades, if someone said “bad costume,” Ro-Man was the first thought to swim to the forefront of the subconscious, largely thanks to the Medved brothers and their seminal work, The Golden Turkey Awards, which enshrined Robot Monster in the Bad Movie Hall of Fame forevermore. Ro-Man, for all intents and purposes, is like the patron saint of the cheesy movie monster.

Now let’s take a glimpse into cinema past and imagine the future that might have been… and may yet become. With additional apologies to all the Benders and cylons in pop culture, the focus here is on iconic film robots.

The entries must have appeared in a theatrically released movie.

The robot must have some kind of body-typically humanoid in shape (though minor exceptions regarding shape for especially awesome robots may appear).

With apologies to HAL, J.A.R.V.I.S., MOTHER and the like, no disembodied, purely A.I.

When it comes to cyborgs, we’ve decided to err on the side of “mostly robot.” That means, despite Obi Wan’s protestations that Darth Vader is “more machine than man,” for the purposes of this list, he’s a smidge too human.

“Robots,” for the purposes of this list, fall into the following categories: Androids, cyborgs and intelligent automatons in general.

With sci-fi being as vogue in popular culture as ever, now is the perfect time to reflect back on our favorite ’bots as represented in film. Before we begin, some ground rules: And they carry with them all the wonder, hubris, hope and dread that that drive compels. Robots are a mainstay of the genre for good reason: They stand in as cogent symbols of humanity’s drive to create, to build, to extend its understanding of the human condition. Quick: Name five things most closely associated with science fiction… Time’s up! If “robots” isn’t on your list, you’re either from the future where artificial humanoids are nothing but the mere background radiation of contemporary living, or you are, in fact, a robot yourself, masquerading in the skin of a human right now.

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