The name "Robbie" (spelled with an "ie") had appeared in science fiction before Forbidden Planet. In a See more

Robby the Robot originated as a supporting character in the 1956 MGM science fiction film Forbidden Planet. The film's storyline centers on a crew of Earth explorers who land their starship, the C57-D, on the planet Altair IV, … See more

The robot quickly became a science fiction icon in the decades that followed and was reused or recreated in multiple TV shows. Robby was reused by MGM in The Invisible Boy (1957) and then made several further appearanc… See more

In 1971, the original 1956 Robby the Robot was sold to Jim Brucker and put on display at his Movie World/Cars of the Stars Museum, near Disneyland in Buena Park, California, where he was often vandalized by visitors. … See more

Fred Barton built a second Robby replica which appeared at the 1974 Star Trek Convention in Los Angeles. Barton continues to produce Robby props and other 1:1 robot replicas. His recreations are currently o… See more