Bender from Futurama

Robots are awesome. I mean, it should be obvious. They are metal and cool. Sure, sometimes they turn on us, their not-always-benevolent masters, but for the most part they amuse us with their desire to be like us.


Let’s take a look at Bender, from Futurama. Sure, he’s strong and can stick refrigerator magnets to himself, but it goes beyond that. His artificial intelligence is witty and fresh. Here’s a bit of robot dialogue from the last movie.


Bender: “You know, it’s funny ...”


Fry: “What?”


Bender: “Your wiener!”


Classic.


Lets say you’re more interested in a robot for its kill-everything-ness. Voltron, Mobile Suit Gundam, the T-1000 or even freakin’ Mechagodzilla. Or are you more interested in robots for their planet-sized brains? Marvin and Data are smarter than you. Or is it just the she