I recently went to the Robots exhibition at the Louisville Science Center. The traveling exhibit is based on the 20th Century Fox animated feature, Robots, and also features C-3P0 from Star Wars, Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, and Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
This is the life-size version of Rodney the Robot, who was voiced by Ewan McGregor in the film Robots.
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The movie’s antagonist, Ratchet, was voiced by Greg Kinnear.
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The character of Fender was voiced by Robin Williams.
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A display of some of the tools and mechanical fixtures inside a robot.
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Display showcasing smaller robot replicas from the movie.
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This is a smaller all-metal version of Fender.
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Examples of the early schematics in the creation of the Rodney character.
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Early drawing of Rodney.
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Samples of toy robots.
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The dominoes are on the table to show children how pieces of a robot interact with each other to produce motion.
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This plaque describes the components that make up a robot.
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This plaque describes how a robot moves.
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Movie stills from Robots.
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These plaques describe the steps involved in creating an animated movie.
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The exhibit also features the Hollywood Robots Hall of Fame. Here’s Gort from the 1951 sci-fi movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.
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Robby the Robot from the 1956 sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet.
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We all know this guy: C-3PO from the Star Wars saga.
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Starting with the 1926 film Metropolis, robots have been a part of movies almost since the beginning.
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Pictures of HAL 9000, Robocop, and characters from the Star Wars franchise.
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Kids can maneuver robotic arms to pick up objects.
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This timeline highlights some of the engineering visionaries throughout history such as Leonardo da Vinci and Henry Ford.
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The screens next to each movie robot provide a history of the character.
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