In the 70s/80s there were a lot of intelligent robot characters in popular fiction. Metal Mickey, Little Wonder, robot in Lost in Space, K9, Twiggy from Buck Ro

In the 70s/80s there were a lot of intelligent robot characters in popular fiction. Metal Mickey, Little Wonder, robot in Lost in Space, K9, Twiggy from Buck Rogers, Muffit from Battlestar Galactica, the ship in Flight of the Navigator, Transformers (sort of), T-bob (M.A.S.K), tons more I'm sure. It was very common for a squad to have an intelligent robot in, or a kid-hero to have an intelligent robot sidekick.