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

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'', mentions a robotoid. In April 1968,

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

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