The Times Online apparently has a couple of obsessive-compulsives on staff, and they’ve exhaustively researched the 50 best robot movies of all time and then rated them using the following criteria:

• Plausibility (meaning how likely it would be that, with advances on currently existing technology, such a device could be built)
• Coolness (just how well designed, shiny or generally well-appointed the robot appeared to be)
• Dangerousness (scoring not only on built-in weaponry, but the robot’s eagerness to use it)
• Comedy Value (how effective the robot is at providing light relief in the film in which it appears)

Most of the entries are accompanied by short video clips. No word on how they managed to compile the list of “best” movies in the first place, but some of their choices are rather interesting.

Link (via BoingBoing)