Film

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

7.0200614mNRDocumentary Science Fiction

Age rating: NR
Director: Carl Jordan
Year: 2006

The Hardest Working Robot in Hollywood

Documentary short film about Robby the Robot; a $125,000 engineering marvel that advanced cinematic robotics and went on to become a film star & pop culture icon in its own right

Top cast

Joe Dante

Self

Alan Dean Foster

Self

Ben Burtt

Self

Earl Holliman

Self

Rudy Behlmer

Self

Steven Kotler

Self

William Malone

Self

Robert Kinoshita

Self

John Dykstra

Self

Anne Francis

Self

John Carpenter

Self

Maja Mataric

Self

Leslie Nielsen

Self

Robby the Robot

Self (Archive Footage)

Marvin Miller

Robby (Archive Footage)

Directed by

Carl Jordan

Produced by

Jonathan Strailey