NBC Knight Rider Robots Return Home

The sea­son finale of NBC’s Knight Rid­er aired last night, but the careers of indus­tri­al robot actors Katie, Lisa, and Hank are far from over.

In fact, they’re ready for their next assign­ment, whether it be act­ing or man­u­fac­tur­ing. Inter­est­ed in pur­chas­ing one of the NBC stars?

KR Robots Home Again:

The robot trio recent­ly returned to Robots​.com’ Mar­i­on, Ohio facil­i­ty, after spend­ing rough­ly eight months at the pro­duc­tion stu­dio in Cal­i­for­nia. Fol­low­ing a cross coun­try truck ride, the robots emerged in good con­di­tion — their act­ing names paint­ed on their upper arms.

The tran­si­tion back from star­dom and the Knight Rid­er T.V set has been smooth. Katie is on dis­play in the build­ing’s lob­by while Lisa and Hank are set up in Robots​.com’ Inte­gra­tion Bay. The NBC Spe­cial Effects team has been replaced by robot tech­ni­cians and engi­neers. Instead of inter­act­ing with actors, Katie, Lisa, and Hank now inter­act with customers.

On Stage:

The ​“job” for NBC’s Knight Rid­er was a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty for the three recon­di­tioned Fanuc ARC Mate 100i RJ3 robots. Cast as intel­li­gent shop assis­tants for KIT­T’s Cave, the robots were pro­grammed to car­ry out spe­cif­ic moves. Katie and Lisa inspect­ed KITT, hand­ed tools to oth­er char­ac­ters, and par­tic­i­pat­ed in a water gun fight. Hank was giv­en a more chal­leng­ing role and EOAT to match. 

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