Androids

# Android (BLoSC Franchise)

*Buzz Lightyear of Star Command* has a large array of robots. They can either be simple household objects, intelligent ship flyers, or deadly instruments of destruction. XR was reportedly the first robot to obtain a human-like personality with actual character flaws (even though ***XL***, his predecessor, was nothing *but* character flaws), but most robots in the series depict similar personalities throughout the series.

## Common Robots

### Auto-Pilots

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Auto-pilots are robots that primarily handle flying cargo freighter ships. They are merged to the ship itself through a thick cable, and possess no legs. As cargo freighter fliers they navigate through space to reach their destinations, thus are the solitary individuals on each ship. They maintain records of each individual cargo piece they transfer and an archive of all their past deliveries. They also carry black boxes with records of their ship's files contained in their chest cavities in case of an accident or malfunction. Their personalities can be just as diverse as any other robot's, as depicted by AP-99's sarcastic and ambitious personality in "NOS-4-A2".
Most other ships, if not all, also have auto-pilots, as hinted at in the episode "Devolutionaries". Warp Darkmatter's ship had one and managed to temporarily fool Team Lightyear into thinking Warp was on board. Notable auto-pilots include AP-99 (voiced by ***Dan Castellaneta***), the auto-pilot in charge of the freighter ship transferring ***NOS-4-A2***; Warp's auto-pilot; and AP-06 (voiced by ***Rob Paulsen***), the auto-pilot whose freighter was under attack by ***Valkyran Raiders*** in the episode "***42***".

### Hornets

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Zurg's mass production robots are Hornets; drone-like yellow robots with very limited intelligence and lousy accuracy.
They are incapable of speech aside from basic words such as *"Obey Zurg!"* However, in the televised series, no Hornet has ever uttered a word.
They resemble the B1 Battledroids from *Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace*, *Attack of the Clones*, *Revenge of the Sith*, *The Clone Wars*, and *Star Wars Rebels*.

### ***Robot Sentries***

The **robot sentries** are robots that mainly guard ***Canis Lunis***' energy facility. A few have actually been seen on Star Command.

### Desk Robots

 File:Nebula's desk.jpg  Robotic desks encourage their owners to complete paperwork, and follow them to where they are needed. Commander Nebula is known to have one.

### Combat Training Robots

These robots were seen inside Star Command's arena on "The Adventure Begins", and were specifically built to test rookie Space Rangers under Commander Nebula's supervision. As training robots, they do not kill, but rather try to incapacitate trainees who are then pulled out of the arena by various means. However, rookies are allowed to destroy them and progress to more difficult levels involving tougher training robots, with level 10 robots being the hardest to defeat.

## Unusual Robots

### Android Space Rangers

Robots specifically designed to act as space rangers.

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XL was originally designed to be a robotic space ranger, but was rejected due to his violent tendencies. Currently, the only known robotic space ranger is XR.

## Unexplained Robots/Robotic Phenomenons

### Energy Vampires

 File:NOS-4-A2.png  Energy vampires are vampiric robots that feed on other robots and machines for their electrical energy. The only currently known energy vampire is ***NOS-4-A2***, who was created by the Emperor Zurg.
They sleep in hi-tech coffins that are difficult to break into. Energy vampires possess amazing strength. Like a human or an alien, energy vampires have a heart, only it is called a servo-pump and pumps servo-fluid throughout their body.
They are also able to control robots (and other electronic devices) they have bitten.

## Others

### ***42***

 File:42.png  Originally an AI that developed on ***Star Cruiser 42*** after the meeting of a ***Valkyran*** warship and experimental LGM technology, she was later transferred into a robot body.

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# Android (DC Animated Universe)

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An **android** is a robot that resembles a human, usually in appearance and/or behavior. A special type of android is the ***Synthoid***.

## Known androids

* Amazo
	+ Amazo
* Brainiac

## Background information

The word derives from the Greek *andr-*, meaning "man, male", and the suffix *-eides*, used to mean "of the species; alike" (from eidos "species").
The term "android" appears in US patents as early as 1863 in reference to miniature human-like toy automations.
As regards science fiction and DC comics, androids and android-like characters are frequently incorporated into storylines. However, in the DC-verse, (including the DC Animated Universe and DC comics) when stories refer to "The Android", very often the reference is being made to ***Professor Ivo***'s powerful creation, Amazo

## Notes

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1. ↑ U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent# 40891, *Toy Automation*