In January, Amazon filed a patent for its own last-mile robot, accelerating the development race and bringing increased investor attention to the sector. Robby 1.0 looked a lot like a wayward cooler.

Part of next month's Out of this World Sale, the Bonhams is accepting bids for the original Robby the Robot prop/costume from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 1956 sci fi feature, Forbidden Planet ...

Robby the Robot first appeared in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and went on to appear in other movies and television programs. Robby went up for auction in 2017 and luckily [Mike] was able to ...