Gadgetory

science fiction has predicted most of the great advancements of our age wireless communication genetic engineering personal computers but there is one promise of sci-fi that we have yet to achieve the humanoid robot companion you know like the convincingly realistic robot friend to dull the soul-crushing pain of your lonely existence so in the spirit of Valentine's Day and to pay homage to the stalled out dream of the future I've rounded up my picks for the top five Valentine worthy robot girlfriends of sci-fi now I would have included some dude robots to balance things out but it turns out that the man bots of sci-fi are either murderous Psychopaths or things that look like c-3po so this list is ladies only alright starting up at number five cherry 2000 from the 1987 movie that bears her name now here's a robot that is so convincing so lovable that when she short-circuits her boyfriend was willing to gun his way into dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland just to find an identical replacement now just be sure to keep her away from the hot tub at number four Andrea from the original series of Star Trek episode 7 now if you're gonna spend your whole life stranded on a remote icy planet there are worse companions to have than this she's a sweetheart she's easy on the eyes if you're into that whole 60s bombshell look and she knows how to use a 3d replicator she's a little clingy though but if blondes are more your thing number 6 comes in at number 3 now there are plenty of entertaining humanoids to covet on Battlestar Galactica but none that are more seductive than number 6 I mean you'll have to look past a whole quest to eradicate humanity and if you're trying to be discreet about the fact that you're dating a robot this is not the way to do it so how about number 2 call from Alien Resurrection now maybe it's just because I'm a child of the 80s but nothing says girlfriend material to me more than Winona Ryder I mean you can go throw up beetlejuice style for Halloween and if the world has ever attacked by ravenous aliens she's totally got your back now before I get to my number one sci-fi robot girlfriend let's take a look at a few I had to cut from the list based on technicalities 7 of 9 was disqualified because she was born human determinate ryx was too deadly Kameron from the Sarah Connor Chronicles was too young not to be creepy in the long term got your Ian Cora from trying or technically computer programs and really the toughest one to let go was Lisa from weird science but it's not really clear that she's a robot she's more of a sexy genie that came out of a computer I know it's disappointing all right so with that out of the way let's move on to my number one pick for the ideal robot girlfriend from science fiction Rachael from Blade Runner I mean at the end of the day do you really want to spend your whole life with a robot who knows they're a robot Rachael is smart she's attractive without being scandalous and she's outfitted with enough implanted memories to keep conversations interesting she's a keeper so there you go my carefully considered list of the most Valentine worthy robots in sci-fi I'm sure I missed a few though so if you have one to nominate or if you just want to tell me I'm a sexist pig for coming up with this list at all head over to top-5 dot cnet.com and leave me a comment I'm Donna Bell thanks for watching you