I was watching Iron Man 3 recently and it occurred to me that the robots Tony Starks uses in his workshop look an awful lot like the scutters from Red Dwarf.
Is there any evidence that the Iron Man robots were inspired by Red Dwarf?
Is there any evidence that the Iron Man robots were inspired by Red Dwarf?
We can't prove a negative but it seems unlikely.
The two "robots" in question are usually referred to a "Dummy" and "U" have a striking resemblance to standard industrial robotic arms in use across the industrialised world.
Inustrial robots have been in existence for decades, the first "example" per Wikipedia being in 1938.
If anything the Scutters and the Iron Man examples are both based on old standard designs.
