The 25 best fictional robots – according to New Scientist

We write a lot about robots here at New Scientist – the latest cutting-edge developments, the newest technology. But we also have a great deal of fondness for them in fiction, whether that's the super cute likes of WALL-E and BB-8, or the darker side of the robotic family, from the Terminator to Ava from Ex Machina. Last month, Sierra Greer's novel about the rebellion of a robot designed for intimacy, Annie Bot, won this year's Arthur C Clarke award, the UK's top prize for science fiction. It was described by judges as "a tightly-focused first person account of a robot designed to be the perfect companion who struggles to become free". Greer's win felt like the right moment to ask New Scientist staff to nominate their own favourite fictional robotic beings, from page or screen. After a bit of quibbling about what constitutes a robot, and a lot of people plumping for various Star Wars droids and Futurama creations, here, in no particular order, they are.