List of fictional robots and androids

This list of fictional robots and androids is chronological, and categorised by medium.

It includes all depictions of robots, androids and gynoids in literature, television, and cinema; however, robots that have appeared in more than one form of media are not necessarily listed in each of those media.

This list is intended for all fictional computers which are described as existing in a humanlike or mobile form.

Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction.

The word "robot" itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R.