Robot (comics)
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Robot is a fictional superhero
appearing in the comic book Invincible, which is published by Image Comics
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Robot was so effective as leader of the Teen Team that he was invited to join the Guardians of the Globe
. However, the team was betrayed and most of their members murdered. At the invitation of The Pentagon
, Robot assisted in the creation of the new Guardians of the Globe. As one of few senior heroes left, Robot became the leader of the team.
Robot did not show the same leadership proficiency with the Guardians and was replaced as leader by The Immortal
. The reason for Robot's lack of focus was soon revealed; Robot was not, after all, a robot. Instead of a benevolent mechanical man with artificial intelligence
, he was an automaton under the control of a disfigured man who was living in a tank of fluid.
Rudy Conners, controlling the Robot body remotely, had been gathering genetic material to create himself a healthy new body. Robot used the villainous Mauler Twins to place the deformed man's mind into the freshly created body. Immediately afterwards, Rudy (his mind inside the new body, which was a juvenile clone of Rex Splode
) allowed his deformed alter-ego to die. He then revealed that he was, in fact, controlling Robot remotely and had a small army of them under his control.
Robot soon revealed himself as a living creature to the Guardians of the Globe. Accepted by the team, he implanted a device into his head that allowed him to send a Robot body into combat with the team. He then turned his attention to Monster Girl
, a teammate with an adult consciousness in a twelve-year-old body. Robot struck up a friendship with her, insisting that he could find a cure for her reversed aging. Although skeptical, Monster Girl nevertheless struck up a friendship with Robot and even showed some romantic interest in him after a successful "date" they had.
In Issue 58, Robot seemingly corrects Monster Girl's de-aging problem via a special belt she now wears.
In Issue 70, during the second sequid invasion, Robot realized that the One Mind must have an extra host hiding somewhere and went down into the sewers to investigate. Sure enough, he found a man infested with sequids and was able to fend the aliens off and transport himself and the man used as a host to safety. Later, Robot was ordered to the showers by Monster Girl to clean up from his sewer expedition, and there he coughed up a surviving sequid, which he promptly killed. It remains to be seen if any more sequids are hiding inside his body.
At various times throughout the series, Robot has referred to different phases of his "plan", which seems to somehow involve Monster Girl's abilities. It has been hinted that everything from his choice of body to befriending Monster Girl has been part of a larger plot. In keeping with this, several of the things Robot has said that could be in reference to romance could also be taken as referring to his master plan.
and engineering
as well as robotics
. His genius-level intellect allows him to perform such feats as erasing memories, tracking both friends and villains, conducting forensic research, and scanning the records of various institutions. Robot's body is much stronger and more durable than that of a human. While Robot can be destroyed, he can easily be rebuilt or re-created. However, Robot's consciousness is now in a human body; whether or not the body has any special abilities has yet to be revealed.
Superhero
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appearing in the comic book Invincible, which is published by Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
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History
Prior to the first issue of Invincible, Robot was the leader and founder of the Teen TeamTeen Team
Teen Team is a team of teen-age superheroes in the world of Invincible. The group is loosely based on DC Comics's Teen Titans or Legion of Super Heroes. The group was introduced in issue #2. Tensions flare in the team when Rex Splode is revealed to be cheating on Atom Eve with Dupli-Kate...
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Robot was so effective as leader of the Teen Team that he was invited to join the Guardians of the Globe
Guardians of the Globe
The Guardians of the Globe are a fictional superhero team in the , appearing primarily in the comic Invincible. The original team was based on DC Comics' Justice League of America.-The original Guardians of the Globe:...
. However, the team was betrayed and most of their members murdered. At the invitation of The Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
, Robot assisted in the creation of the new Guardians of the Globe. As one of few senior heroes left, Robot became the leader of the team.
Robot did not show the same leadership proficiency with the Guardians and was replaced as leader by The Immortal
The Immortal (comics)
The Immortal is a comic book superhero character from the Image Comics series Invincible.-Character history:The Immortal has been around for many, many years. He is older than the legend of King Arthur, serving as one of his legendary knights. He discovered North America, and fought in the...
. The reason for Robot's lack of focus was soon revealed; Robot was not, after all, a robot. Instead of a benevolent mechanical man with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, he was an automaton under the control of a disfigured man who was living in a tank of fluid.
Rudy Conners, controlling the Robot body remotely, had been gathering genetic material to create himself a healthy new body. Robot used the villainous Mauler Twins to place the deformed man's mind into the freshly created body. Immediately afterwards, Rudy (his mind inside the new body, which was a juvenile clone of Rex Splode
Rex Splode
Rex Splode is a fictional superhero in the Image Comics series Invincible, gifted with the ability to make inanimate objects explode. He first appeared in Invincible #2 .-Fictional character biography:...
) allowed his deformed alter-ego to die. He then revealed that he was, in fact, controlling Robot remotely and had a small army of them under his control.
Robot soon revealed himself as a living creature to the Guardians of the Globe. Accepted by the team, he implanted a device into his head that allowed him to send a Robot body into combat with the team. He then turned his attention to Monster Girl
Monster Girl
Monster Girl is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Image Comics title Invincible.-Fictional character biography:A bright young student Monster Girl was set to graduate high school at a young age. But while on her senior trip to Europe she fell in love with a young gypsy boy...
, a teammate with an adult consciousness in a twelve-year-old body. Robot struck up a friendship with her, insisting that he could find a cure for her reversed aging. Although skeptical, Monster Girl nevertheless struck up a friendship with Robot and even showed some romantic interest in him after a successful "date" they had.
In Issue 58, Robot seemingly corrects Monster Girl's de-aging problem via a special belt she now wears.
In Issue 70, during the second sequid invasion, Robot realized that the One Mind must have an extra host hiding somewhere and went down into the sewers to investigate. Sure enough, he found a man infested with sequids and was able to fend the aliens off and transport himself and the man used as a host to safety. Later, Robot was ordered to the showers by Monster Girl to clean up from his sewer expedition, and there he coughed up a surviving sequid, which he promptly killed. It remains to be seen if any more sequids are hiding inside his body.
At various times throughout the series, Robot has referred to different phases of his "plan", which seems to somehow involve Monster Girl's abilities. It has been hinted that everything from his choice of body to befriending Monster Girl has been part of a larger plot. In keeping with this, several of the things Robot has said that could be in reference to romance could also be taken as referring to his master plan.
Powers and abilities
Robot is technically skilled in a variety of areas, including geneticsGenetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
as well as robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
. His genius-level intellect allows him to perform such feats as erasing memories, tracking both friends and villains, conducting forensic research, and scanning the records of various institutions. Robot's body is much stronger and more durable than that of a human. While Robot can be destroyed, he can easily be rebuilt or re-created. However, Robot's consciousness is now in a human body; whether or not the body has any special abilities has yet to be revealed.