12 primitive b movie style robots

A perfect example of nothing dating like the future, the garbage can robot is a retro-futuristic cultural icon. Some of these were cheap props for cheap movies, but others were serious visions of the future. If nothing else they demonstrate quite how imaginative the Metropolis robot that stands the test of time was.

 
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For pedants, obviously its not Houdini in this frame, and the term robot hadn't been invented.