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Fembot Fantasia

PopSci names the sexiest robots of all time
By Megan Miller Posted 08.14.2006 at 3:13 pm 170 Comments

Fembots_ss_weirdsciWe handpicked a host of lovely and powerful cyborgs to illustrate Annalee Newitz's essay on pop-culture fembots, but film and TV history has blessed us with many, many more. Who did we miss? Which 'bot in this gallery is your favorite? Next week I'd like to crown one fembot with a  People's Choice Award. Personally, I think Kelly LeBrock (Weird Science) portrayed the hottest fembot ever. What do you think? Tell us in the comments section below. 

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The Fembot Mystique

Sex-and-tech writer Annalee Newitz explores the pop-culture fascination with female robots
By Annalee Newitz Posted 08.10.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Click here for a photo gallery of our favorite bombshell fembots from television and film.

Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them-witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner. But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination?

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