Top 16 Robots in Late-90s Film & TV

Rob Spiegel

August 11, 2014

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Top 16 Robots in Late-90s Film & TV

Late-90s robots in film and TV included a wide range of mechanical and android-like creatures. Humanity was the going theme for non-human contraptions in the 90s. Bicentennial Man showed Robin Williams slowly becoming human, while Star Trek First Contact had Data kissing a female robot.

In one of the dearest movies of the half-decade, The Iron Man becomes a father figure to a lost, preteen boy. In one of the strangest robot movies of the period, Russell Crowe is an evil android getting chased down by Denzel Washington in Virtuocity -- Academy Award-winning actors in their scruffy days.

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Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer and hired on full-time in 2011. He covers automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to Design News, he worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He has contributed to a wide range of industrial technology publications, including Automation World, Supply Chain Management Review, and Logistics Management. He is the author of six books.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication.

As well as writing for Design News, Rob also participates in IME shows, webinars, and ebooks.

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