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Gynoids are humanoid robots that are gendered to be perceived as feminine or to mimic the bodily appearance of female sex humans. They appear widely in science fiction film and art. They are also known as female androids, female robots or fembots, although some media have used other terms such as robotess, cyberdoll or "skin-job".
"Maschinenmensch" from the 1927 film Metropolis. Statue in Babelsberg, Germany. This list of fictional robots and androids is chronological, and categorised by medium. It includes all depictions of robots, androids and gynoids in literature, television, and cinema; however, robots that have appeared in more than one form of media are not necessarily listed in each of those media.
A gynoid, or fembot, is a feminine humanoid robot. Gynoids appear widely in science fiction films and arts. As more realistic humanoid robot design becomes technologically possible, they are also emerging in real-life robot design. Just like any other robot, the main parts of a gynoid include sensors, actuators and a control system.
Female androids, or "gynoids", are often seen in science fiction, and can be viewed as a continuation of the long tradition of men attempting to create the stereotypical "perfect woman". [37] Examples include the Greek myth of Pygmalion and the female robot Maria in Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
Automation and robotics are frequent themes in popular science fiction media. Combined the two are often depicted as the great destroyer of jobs and freedom. Supposedly mankind will create ...
List of computer names in science fiction Archived 8 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine – also includes androids, robots and aliens; Robot Hall of Fame at CMU – with fictional inductees HAL-9000 and R2-D2; Jokes about computers in science fiction Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Science fiction in particular has traditionally been a puritanical genre orientated toward a male readership, [5] and has been described as being by men for men, or sometimes for boys. [6] Most of the stereotypical tropes of science fiction, such as aliens, robots or superpowers can be employed in such a way as to be metaphors for gender. [7]
Čapek's Robots are artificially manufactured from organic materials to labor for humans, and as the play progresses they revolt and overthrow their human creators. However, the play ends on an optimistic note: Robots' artificial biology causes a male and female Robot to fall in love, preserving the spirit of humanity as a result. R. U.