The completion and public display of the RoboCop statue have been delayed due to several setbacks, including difficulties in securing a site, legal issues with MGM, and artist Giorgio Gikas battling cancer.

In addition to Giorgio Gikas sand casting the pieces, the statue was welded by Nick Phlegar and Mike Birtles.

In early 2011, Detroit mayor Dave Bing and his communications team solicited suggestions on Twitter for improvements to the city.

A $25,000 donation came from graphic designer Pete Hottelet of Omni Consumer Products, an entertainment licensing firm named after the fictional corporation that constructs RoboCop in the film.

[9] Critics pointed to Detroit's portrayal in the RoboCop films as a "lawless hellscape"[2] run by an evil corporation, reinforcing the city's image as "Hollywood's default example of urban decay".

[10] Later in 2020, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests called into question the symbolism of erecting a statue dedicated to a police officer (albeit a fictional Cyborg (half-Human, half-Robot) one).

The original post on Kickstarter envisioned a seven-foot-tall iron statue based on a 3D scan of a RoboCop action figure.

[3][12] The Detroit-based sculptural restoration firm Venus Bronze Works was selected to create the RoboCop statue.

[3] The 11 ft (3.4 m) tall, 2.5-short-ton (2.3 t) bronze statue is welded to a stainless steel base that weighs half a ton.

[15] According to an employee at Venus Bronze Works, the legs and pelvis of the statue are tied to metal shafts which go into phalanges in the bottom.

[3] Instead the statue portrays RoboCop in "an inviting and approachable gesture" with his left hand extending outwards, "as opposed to being armed and threatening.

[4][19] In March 2017, the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill included RoboCop in a rendering of a plan for the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy.

[15] Belle Isle was mentioned as a possible site for the statue,[3] as was Wayne State University's TechTown campus.

[20] An offer from the mayor of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to have that city as a home for the statue was rejected by Brandon Walley.

The mayor vowed to make an even larger RoboCop statue, possibly through 3D printing and funded through an initiative by a local Commodore 64 club.