Johnny 5


 
 

Johnny 5 is a fictional character from the movies Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2. He is a military robot imbued with intelligence and sentience by a lightning bolt, and is considered to be alive in the philosophical sense as he has emotions and is self-aware.

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Number 5 was designed by Newton Crosby and his partner Benjamin Jahrvi (pronounced Jahveri), and was constructed by Nova Robotics along with 4 other prototypes as technology demonstrators for the Department of Defence. It was proposed that the design could be used as an artificial soldier and as an intelligent delivery system for nuclear weapons. The design was marketed to the DoD as S.A.I.N.T. (Strategic Artificially-Intelligent Nuclear Transport).


 

Short Circuit: :For the article on faulty electrical circuits, see Short circuit....

Short Circuit 2: Short Circuit 2 is a 1988 motion picture, sequel to Short Circuit. It starred Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahrvi (Ben Jabituya in Short Circuit); Michael McKean as Fred Ritter; Cynthia Gibb as Sandy Banatoni; and Johnny 5 (the main character - a very friendly, self-aware robot), voiced by Tim Blaney....

Robot: In practical usage, a robot is an autonomous or semi-autonomous device which performs its tasks either by direct human control, partial control with human supervision, or completely autonomously. Robots are typically used to do tasks that are too dull, dirty, or dangerous for humans. Industrial robo...


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Introduction
The Robot
Personality
Johnny 5 in Short Circuit
Johnny 5 in Short Circuit 2
The props
See also
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