# Robert (robot name)

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Robots named [Robert](/source/Robert), Robbie/Robby, Rob, and the like, reflect an [alliteration](/source/Alliteration) [trope](/source/Trope_(fiction)) in [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) in which [robots](/source/Robot) are given names starting with the letter "r", and particularly with the [phoneme](/source/Phoneme) "rob". [Isaac Asimov](/source/Isaac_Asimov) noted this in-universe in the short story, "Christmas Without Rodney", in which a character says: "There's no law about it, but you've probably noticed for yourself that almost every robot has a name beginning with R. R for robot, I suppose. The usual name is Robert. There must be a million robot Roberts in the northeast corridor alone".[1] This trope has appeared not only in the [English language](/source/English_language), but also in languages such as [German](/source/German_language) and [Russian](/source/Russian_language). Robots named following this trope include:

## Actual robots

An early nonfictional "robot" named Robert was a briefly popular children's toy introduced at the 1954 New York Toy Fair, called "Robert the Robot".[2][3]

A [humanoid](/source/Humanoid) robot named [Robert the Robot](/source/Robert_the_Robot) is launched in 2025, developed by the Swiss fintech company RB Labs.[4]

## Fictional characters

- *[Robby the Robot](/source/Robby_the_Robot)* (character), a science-fiction icon, fictional character, and, robot suit, featured in many U.S. sci-fi movies and television

- *Rob the Robot* (Rob the Robot), a fictional character from the eponymous TV show [*Rob the Robot* (TV series)](/source/Rob_the_Robot_(TV_series))

- *Robert the Robot* (Fireball XL-5), a fictional character from the 1960s marionette TV show *[Fireball XL-5](/source/Fireball_XL-5)*

- *Robbie the Robot* (Isaac Asimov), the titular character from the Isaac Asimov short story ["Robbie" (short story)](/source/Robbie_(short_story))

- [ROB 64](/source/List_of_characters_in_the_Star_Fox_series#ROB_64), a robot character in the *Star Fox* video game series

- Robert, a fictional character in the 1967 Soviet science fiction film *[His Name Was Robert](/source/His_Name_Was_Robert)* (Russian: *Его звали Роберт*, romanized: *Ego zvali Robert*)

- Roberta, a fictional character in the 1989 film *[Not Quite Human 2](/source/Not_Quite_Human_2)*

- Robbie, a dancing robot invented by Brains in the 1971 children's show *[Here Come the Double Deckers!](/source/Here_Come_the_Double_Deckers)* episode "Robbie the Robot" (1971)

- Robbi, a.k.a. ROB 344–66/IIIa, co-pilot of the *Fliewatüüt* and student of a third class at robot school, in the 1972 German children's show *[Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt](/source/Robbi%2C_Tobbi_und_das_Fliewat%C3%BC%C3%BCt)*

- Robert the Robot, a main character in the BBC children's television comedy show *[Justin's House](/source/Justin's_House)*, beginning in 2011

- Robbie, a toy robot that Steve utilizes to spy on Stan in the *[American Dad!](/source/American_Dad!)* episode "Toy Whorey"

- Robbie, a recurring robot constructed by inventor Knox in German series *[Fix und Foxi](/source/Fix_and_Foxi)*, first drawn by Massimo Fecchi (1976)

## Other uses

- [*Rob the Robot* (TV series)](/source/Rob_the_Robot_(TV_series)), a CGI-animated preschooler TV show

- [R.O.B.](/source/R.O.B.), a mid-1980s accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System that later was used as a cameo character in various video games

## See also

- [Rosie the Robot](/source/Rosie_the_Robot), from *The Jetsons*

- BO. B. LF-28 (pronounced "Bob") a robot in [*The Black Hole* (1979 film)](/source/The_Black_Hole_(1979_film))

- [Robert (doll)](/source/Robert_(doll)), an allegedly haunted doll

- [Robert (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_(disambiguation))

- [Robbie (disambiguation)](/source/Robbie_(disambiguation))

- [Robby (disambiguation)](/source/Robby_(disambiguation))

- [Rob (disambiguation)](/source/Rob_(disambiguation))

- [Robot (disambiguation)](/source/Robot_(disambiguation))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Isaac Asimov](/source/Isaac_Asimov), "Christmas Without Rodney", *[Robot Visions](/source/Robot_Visions)* (1991), p. 398.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Steve Carper. *Robots in American Popular Culture* (2019).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sharon M. Scott, *Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia* (2009), p. 157.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Robots, voitures volantes… l'intelligence artificielle envahit Genève"](https://www.tdg.ch/geneve-lintelligence-artificielle-envahit-palexpo-530154369742). *Tribune de Genève* (in French). 2025-07-12. Retrieved 2025-12-23.

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