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A '''robotic android''', also known simply as a '''robot android''', '''robotic droid''', '''robot droid''', '''robotoid''', '''robodroid''' or '''roboid''', is an [[artificial lifeform]] that is created through processes that are different from [[cloning]] or synthetics. In short, it is the cybernetic equivalent of an [[Android (robot)|android]].

Perhaps the first mention of "robotoid" was in the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode ''War of the Robots'' which originally aired on February 9, 1966 and credits [[Robby the Robot]] as a robotoid and [[William Bramley]] and [[Ollie O'Toole]] as uncredited "robotoid voice" actors.<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q114490774|id=tt0636256|title="Lost in Space" War of the Robots (1966)}}</ref> In the episode, the ''Lost in Space'' robot says: "It is more than a machine...it is a robotoid." The robot goes on to explain that as a robot, it is constrained by its programming, whereas the robotoid has the capability of making a [[choice]].<ref>[http://www.irwinallenmemories.com/lis/Show/episodes/Season_One/warofrobots/ ''War of the Robots'' review by Barney Stater]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/discussions/start-thread.html?ASIN=630494666X&authorID=A229BB802RIOZ1&reviewID=RXJK9VAT370UI Amazon.com review of "Lost in Space Gift Set (vol. 7-9)"]</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2022}} The episode is described as: "The family's robot is seemingly replaced when Will repairs a robotoid from an advanced civilization - until the new machine wreaks havoc by trying to take over the ship."<ref>[http://www.foxmovies.com.au/dvd/lost-in-space-season-1-412/412/ 20th Century Fox Movies: Lost in Space Season 1]</ref>

[[Piers Anthony]]'s short story ''Getting Through University'', which may have been published as early as 1967/1968 in the science fiction magazine ''[[Worlds of If]]'', mentions a robotoid.<ref>[http://www.piers-anthony.com/prosthoplus.html The Complete Piers Anthony: ''Prosthy Plus'']</ref>

In April 1968, [[Marvel Comics]] released [[Bibliography of Avengers titles|Avengers #51]] which introduced the Robotoid.<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/robotoidcollector.htm The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Character Profile: ''The Robotoid''], compiled by Jeff Christiansen</ref>

On December 20, 1978, the [[Battle of the Planets]] TV series episode ''Rage of the Robotoids'' was released.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120722143558/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/39876-Rage_of_the_Robotoids.html Big Cartoon Database: ''Rage of the Robotoids'']</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mind uploading]]
*''Rage of the Robotoids'': [[Battle of the Planets]] anime episode
*[[Lost in Space]]
*[[Reptoid]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[[NESARA]]: [http://nesara.insights2.org/Clones2.html ''History and Purpose of CLONES and CLONING - PART 2: The SCIENTISTS REPORT: THE CLONING OF MAN, OR I WONDER WHO’S KISSINGER NOW?''], [[Calvin Burgin]], February 12, 1997, ''[[Phoenix Journal]]'' #197, chapter 14

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