Robbie has a head, torso, arms, and legs. The robot’s arms use a balloon to conform around an object’s shape and creates a vacuum to pick up the item.

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" – from the 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" – was sold for $5.375 million – a record price for a movie prop, the Bonhams New York auction house said Tuesday.

One might be tempted to think that re-creating a film robot from the 1950s would be easy given all the tools and technology available to the modern hobbyist, but as [Mike Ogrinz]’s quest to r… ...