A gleaming, gear-driven metropolis is the real star of Robots, the 2005 animated adventure from Chris Wedge that sends a small-town inventor chasing his idol into the big city, only to find the company he admired has changed hands.

What is Robots about?

Rodney Copperbottom grows up in a modest robot household tinkering with spare parts, dreaming of a career at the company behind his hero, a legendary inventor who built machines to help anyone, rich or poor. Full of hope, Rodney travels to the sprawling capital of Robot City to seek him out, only to discover the company has been taken over by new management with a very different philosophy: instead of repairing older robots, the new regime pushes expensive upgrades, leaving anyone who can't afford them to fall apart. Rodney falls in with a ragtag crew of outdated robots and starts building a plan to challenge the new leadership and defend the idea the company was founded on. The film moves at a brisk, comic pace, filling its clanking, chrome-plated world with sight gags and mechanical slapstick while keeping its underdog story grounded in something simple: standing up for the people the system was built to leave behind.

About the cast

Ewan McGregor voices Rodney Copperbottom with an earnest, wide-eyed energy that carries the film's hopeful tone. Robin Williams brings his rapid-fire comic instincts to a scrappy sidekick, while Halle Berry and Greg Kinnear voice key figures inside the company's shifting leadership. Amanda Bynes, Mel Brooks, Jim Broadbent and Stanley Tucci fill out a large supporting ensemble across the city's various robot factions.

Context & significance

Directed by Chris Wedge, who previously helmed Ice Age, Robots arrived as one of the more visually ambitious American animated films of its era, built around an entirely mechanical cast and cityscape. Its design leans on Art Deco flourishes and industrial machinery to give Robot City a distinct, retro-futurist look.

Watching Robots on Ktime

Robots is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it an easy watch for younger viewers and families in Farsi. Signing up for a free K-Time account unlocks the film alongside the platform's wider family and animation library, all inside a Farsi-first interface built for Persian-speaking households wherever they are.