List of fictional military robots

Contemporary discourse about the ethical implications of military robots has been shaped by their portrayal in science fiction.^[1] In particular, Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", which set forth basic premises about human-robot relationships in his fictional universe, significantly influenced other science fiction writers and helped to establish many of them as experts taken seriously by military policy makers.^[1]

The following is a list of fictional works with 67 military robots.

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

Land and Air Models

Godzilla
- Mechagodzilla
  - Mechagodzilla 1 - Extraterrestrial military robot
  - Mechagodzilla 2 - Man-made military robot
  - Kiryu or Mechagodzilla 3 - Man-made military robot
  - Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse version) - Man-made corporate military robot
- M.O.G.U.E.R.A.
- Mecha-King Ghidorah

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 armor)
Fallout (series) (1997-present) – Protectron (General purpose robot, police variant available), Liberty Prime (Giant military robot), Synth (Generation 1 and 2), Assaultron
Aliens (1986) – (Aliens) Lance Bishop Hyperdyne Systems model 341-B Synthetic

Androids

Terminator series (1984/1991/2003) – Cyberdyne T-800 (Series 800, Model 101, Version 2.4)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Cyberdyne T-1000 a shape-shifter android assassin
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) – T-X "Terminatrix"
Fallout (series) (2016-present) – Synth (Generation 3, which is a nearly perfect replica of the human body)

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 CENTralized)
The Black Hole (1979) – B.O.B. (BiO-sanitation Battalion)
The Black Hole (1979) – Maximilian
Fallout series (1997–present) – Mister Gutsy, Robobrains (Controlled by an organic brain), Securitron, Sentry Bot, Liberator
Halo 1, 2, and 3 (2001–2007) – Sentinels, and Super Sentinels
Screamers (1995) – Screamers

Powered Exoskeletons

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – APU (Armored 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)
Fallout series (1997–present) – Various Models

Television

Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Murder Drones
Robotica
24
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Doctor Who (List of Doctor Who robots)

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 armor.
"Malak" by Peter Watts
Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
The 1964 novel The Invincible by Polish writer Stanisław Lem described the ultimate evolution of military robots: swarms of minuscule, insect-like micromachines which defeat any "intelligent" machinery. This idea of an "ultimate weapon system" was finalized by Lem in his fictitious review "Weapon Systems of the Twenty First Century or The Upside-down Evolution".^[2]

Computer/video games

A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) and (Armor Commander)
Apex Legends
Armed and Dangerous
Battletech
BioShock (series)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
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
Cyberpunk 2077
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
Earthsiege 2
Empire Earth
Empire Earth II
Fallout (series)
Generation Zero (video game)
Genshin Impact
Girls' Frontline
Helldivers and Helldivers 2
Honkai Series
Horizon (series)
Mega Man franchise
Messiah
Metal Gear
Overwatch
Portal
Punishing: Gray Raven
Ratchet & Clank
Sonic the Hedgehog
StarCraft
Starsiege
Supreme Commander
Tiny Tank
Titanfall and Titanfall 2
Team Fortress 2
Terraria
Tower of Fantasy
Trails (series)
Ultrakill
Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004
Wuthering Waves
Z
Zenless Zone Zero

References

^ ^a ^b Halpern, Mark (2009). "Military Robots and the Redefinition of "Autonomy"". Vocabula Review. 11 (12): 1–12 – via EBSCOHost.
^ "CAŁY TEN ZŁOM" an afterword by prof. Jerzy Jarzębski

[:0-1] Halpern, Mark (2009). "Military Robots and the Redefinition of "Autonomy"". Vocabula Review. 11 (12): 1–12 – via EBSCOHost.

[jarz-2] "CAŁY TEN ZŁOM" an afterword by prof. Jerzy Jarzębski

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