A robotic android, also known simply as a robot android, robotic droid, robot droid, robotoid, robodroid or roboid, is an

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that is created through processes that are totally different from

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or synthetics. In short, it is the cybernetic equivalent of an

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. Perhaps the first mention of "robotoid" was in the ''

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'' episode ''War of the Robots'' which originally aired on February 9, 1966 and credits

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as a robotoid and William Bramley and

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as uncredited "robotoid voice" actors. In the episode, the ''Lost in Space'' robot says: "It is more than a machine...it is a robotoid." The robot goes on to explain that as a robot, it is constrained by its programming, whereas the robotoid has the capability of making a

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. The episode is described as: "The family's robot is seemingly replaced when Will repairs a robotoid from an advanced civilization - until the new machine wreaks havoc by trying to take over the ship."

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's short story ''Getting Through University'', which may have been published as early as 1967/1968 in the science fiction magazine ''

Worlds of If ''If'' was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. The magazine was moderately successful, though for most of its run it was not considered to be in the first tier of American ...

'', mentions a robotoid. In April 1968,

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released Avengers #51 which introduced the Robotoid. On December 20, 1978, the

Battle of the Planets ''Battle of the Planets'' is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series '' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (1972). Of the 105 original ''Gatchaman'' episodes, 85 were used in the ''Battle of the Planets'' adaptation, produced by Sandy Fr ...

TV series episode ''Rage of the Robotoids'' was released.Big Cartoon Database: ''Rage of the Robotoids''
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