Robby the Robot robot designed to care for children. In "Tom Swift on The Phantom Satellite" (1956), it is also the name given to a small four-foot robot designed by Tom Swift Jr., the boy inventor in the "Tom Swift Jr." science fiction novel series by Victor Appleton II. Robby the Robot originated as a character in the 1956 MGM science fiction film "Forbidden Planet". The story centers on a crew of space explorers from Earth who land their starship, the C57-D, on the planet Altair IV, ruled by the mysterious Dr. Morbius. Robby is a mechanical servant that Morbius has designed, built,
The Impossible Planet (short story) for a similar planet. Irma's protective robot servant, RB29, deduces and maintains the subterfuge. Irma has a very specific dream about her grandparents swimming in a river in Carolina, and wants to re-enact this with Norton, who closely resembles her grandfather. The Impossible Planet (short story) "The Impossible Planet" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the October 1953 issue of "Imagination". It has been reprinted over 30 times, including Brian Aldiss's 1974 "Space Odysseys" anthology. It was also published in Dutch, French, German and Italian translations. The writer originally submitted it