The 15 greatest movie robots of all time

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Hollywood has always been fascinated by robots.

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They are a very important staple of sci-fi, because the way robots are portrayed in movies tend to say a lot about how people feel about technology during any given point in time.

In the 1980s, fears of Cold War technology annihilating all life on earth made for more frightening robots.

Today, everybody has a computer in their home and a smartphone in their pocket. Many of today's movie robots seem like they could be our friends.

Here are the greatest robots in cinematic history.

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