The beautiful thing about serials is
that they encapsulate one of the oddities about robots that they
shared with lasers and the early PCs; that they are a solution in
search of a problem. Sure, they look cool and are, supposedly,
immensely strong, but what do you actually do with them aside from
serve drinks? Your average serial robot may be impressive
to look at and can lumber with the best of them, but it usually spends
most of its screen time hanging around rusting while their evil
masters drums their fingers and scowl with frustration. "All
that money and this damn thing can't even balance my cheque book."
