Robot (Lost in Space) arms. The Robot was performed by Bob May in a prop costume built by Bob Stewart. The voice was primarily dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the series' narrator, and Jorge Arvizu for the Spanish dubbing. The Robot was designed by Robert Kinoshita, who also designed "Forbidden Planet"'s Robby the Robot. Robby appears in Lost in Space episode #20 "War of the Robots" and in episode #60 "Condemned of Space". The Robot did not appear in the unaired pilot episode, but was added to the series once it had been greenlit. Initially, the bellows-covered legs were articulated, and were
Tobor the Great Robot for the classic 1956 film "Forbidden Planet", as well as the B-9 Environmental Control Robot for the mid-1960s hit science fiction television series "Lost In Space". The original Tobor prop and remote control device is still in existence, having been stored away safely in a private collection for more than 50 years. There is an on-line company, Fred Barton Productions, that sells screen-accurate, full-size replicas of Tobor as seen in the film. In a review in "The New York Times" "Tobor the Great" is characterized as "This children's sci-fi adventure (that) chronicles the friendship between an 11-year-old and his