They run the entire gamut, from heroic to villainous, cunning to caring, terrifying to trustworthy. On the silver and plasma screens, we’ve met robots that are riotously contrasting in shape, size, and intent. Thanks in no small measure to Hollywood – in particular the Star Wars space saga, the maiden episode of which hit theaters in May, 1977 – robots have become part and parcel of our popular culture and commerce. When R2-D2 beeps that C-3PO forgot the tickets to the ceremony, the latter retorts: “The ticket was your job, nitwit.” When told that he looked somewhat like the Oscar statue behind them, C-3PO declared that it looked like him. Ahead strutted in the pleasingly neurotic, bronze figure of the linguist, C-3PO, with his short, stout, and sassy mechanic mate R2-D2 close behind, and bringing up the rear the white-orange ball of a droid named BB-8, who made its debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, released this past December. If one were paying attention to the Oscars this year, it would have been hard to miss the most famous robot trio of all time as they arrived on the opulent stage of the Dolby Theater. Robots of the world! The power of man has fallen! A new world has arisen: the Rule of the Robots! March! – Karel Capek I
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