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[[Image:Serge-type robot.jpg|thumb|A Graystone Industries test robot.]] | |||
A ''' | A '''Robot''' is a mechanical being created to make life easier on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. Robots are a type of, but distinguished from cybernetic life-forms like the later, more advanced [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. | ||
==Graystone Industries | ==Graystone Industries robots== | ||
===Robot servants=== | |||
[[Image:Serge.jpg|thumb|Serge, the Graystone Family robot servant.]] | |||
Robotic servants, like the [[Graystones|Graystone Family]]'s [[Serge]], existed in colonies like [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] as early as 58 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]. These servant robots were non-humanoid in construction, distinguished by a rounded shape and single, circular eye. Robot servants were able to remotely control functions within the household, including operating doors and automatic sports umpires. They acted as butlers for their human masters, greeting guests and authorizing them for entry or - if necessary - denying them clearance to enter. Speaking in friendly tones, these robot servants were capable of recognizing individuals by sight (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]). | |||
=== | ===Test robots=== | ||
[[ | Units similar to the servant-type robots were in operation at Graystone Industries on Caprica. More boxy than the servant models, these robots also possessed only one eye, though these were square in shape and lighted red. These units were also painted in varying colors including blue and metallic gray. Unlike the servant model, these robots possessed retractable arms (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]). | ||
Several of this type of robot were used in independent identification, acquisition, resolution and execution of conflict evaluations for Graystone Industries' Cyber Combat Unit. While initial tests only involved one such robot, exchanging paintball fire with the Combat Unit, later, more successful tests of the robot soldier involved the deployment of real [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|firearms]]. These test robots were outfitted with projectile weapons and deployed in a fire fight with the prototype soldier (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]). | |||
Several of this type of robot were used in independent identification, acquisition, resolution and execution of conflict evaluations for Graystone Industries' Cyber Combat Unit. While initial tests only involved one such robot, exchanging paintball fire with the | |||
===Cyber Combat Unit=== | ===Cyber Combat Unit=== | ||
[[Image:Cyber Combat Unit.jpg|thumb|The Cyber Combat Unit armed with paint-shooting guns.]] | |||
The Cyber Combat Unit was a robotic body built by Graystone Industries in a competition with the [[Tomas Vergis|Vergis]] Corporation for a long term Caprican Defense Department contract. A billion [[Cubit#In the Re-imagined Series|cubits]] over budget and five years over schedule, the robot soldier concept had initial difficulties in independent identification, acquisition, resolution and execution of conflict evaluations. This robot soldier was humanoid in design, with a single scanning "eye" colored yellow by design (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]). | |||
The Cyber Combat Unit was a robotic | |||
{{spoiltext|It was not until the installation of the stolen Meta-Cognitive Processor, engineered by the Vergis Corporation, that the Cyber Combat Unit met expectations and earned Graystone Industries its defense contract. With the MCP active, the Cyber Combat Unit's eye would turn red and it would become capable of complex brain activity. This processor combined with data downloaded from a [[holographic avatar]] allowed [[Daniel Graystone]] to transfer the consciousness of his deceased daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] into the U-87 model of the Cyber Combat Unit. Dubbed a 'Cybernetic Life-form Node' by Graystone, this android was the first of what would become the Cylon race (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]).}} | |||
==Cylons== | ==Cylons== | ||
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===Earth Centurion models=== | ===Earth Centurion models=== | ||
Following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies a combined Human/Cylon [[Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] arrived at [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] to discover it a barren ruin. An excavation of artifacts and fossils of the 2,000 year old wasteland uncovered the remains of several Cylon Centurions scattered throughout the planet. Although similar in design to Cylon War-era Centurions, these were not constructed by the Colonial Cylons and represented the creation of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a Cylon tribe, who were descended from Cylons created on Kobol that rebelled against the humans on Kobol, and who were themselves overthrown by their robotic slaves ("[[Home, Part I]]", "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", "[[No Exit]]"). | |||
Following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies a combined Human/Cylon | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Serge and his fellow robots were not given descriptive names in the pilot script of ''Caprica''. While Serge himself was simply referred to as a "cylindrical robot servant, | *Serge and his fellow robots were not given descriptive names in the pilot script of ''Caprica''. While Serge himself was simply referred to as a "cylindrical robot servant", other robots appearing in the episode were simply referred to as "Serge-like robots". | ||
*These robots featured notably Cylon-like features including the single, red eye and grill-like "mouth". | *These robots featured notably Cylon-like features including the single, red eye and grill-like "mouth". | ||
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[[Category:RDM]] | [[Category:RDM]] | ||