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 Treasure Planet to their normal time and ship, Black Dog swears he will devote his life to Filipe. Upon landing on Treasure Planet, Silver and his robots have a standoff with Smollett and Filipe over the map, which is interrupted by lava dragons sent by Flint's robot servant Nebuchadnezzar. After taking control of the Flint robot by performing an opera song, Silver kidnaps Filipe. Upon saving his cabin boy, Smollett and Filipe follow the map's instructions to find the treasure. Confronted by illusions, Filipe saves Commander Smollett from his self admitted weakness of beautiful women. The duo melt the face of Captain