Robby
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| Name | Robby |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
| Initial release | 1997 |
| Description | I am an ICA 2.0, interactive cybernetic assistant, constructed in 1997 at the Interactive Persona Labs in Redmond, Washington. I am equipped to support SAPI interactive speech.  I am your personal digital assistant.  |
| Extra data | Greetings. I am online and ready to assist you.^^You asked me to remind you. {74515580-09AB-11D1-89AB-00C04FC2DAFD}Copyright(c)1997 Microsoft Corporation |
| Animations | 68 94 |
| TTS voice | Adult Male #7, American English (TruVoice) |
| Download | https://tmafe.com/classic-ms-agents/Robby.acs https://tmafe.com/agent-1.5/robby.acs |
Robby is a Microsoft Agent character released by Microsoft Corporation. He was one of the original four Microsoft Agents to be released by Microsoft, which also include Genie, Merlin and Peedy. His appearance is a humanoid robot.
Character data
| Character data for Robby
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| File name: | Robby.acs |
| Description: | I am an ICA 2.0, interactive cybernetic assistant, constructed in 1997 at the Interactive Persona Labs in Redmond, Washington. I am equipped to support SAPI interactive speech. |
| Extra data: | Greetings. I am online and ready to assist you.^^You asked me to remind you. |
| File size: | 2.49 MB |
| Animations: | 68 |
| TTS voice: | Adult Male #7, American English (TruVoice) |
| GUID: | {C3B6C862-B278-11D0-B464-0080C7F5EE85} |
| TTSMode ID: | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273006} |
| TTS speed: | 155 |
| TTS pitch: | 82 |
| Width: | 128px |
| Length: | 128px |
| Character data for Robby
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| File name: | Robby.acs |
| Description: | I am your personal digital assistant. |
| Extra data: | {74515580-09AB-11D1-89AB-00C04FC2DAFD}Copyright(c)1997 Microsoft Corporation |
| File size: | 3.16 MB |
| Animations: | 94 |
| TTS voice: | Adult Male #7, American English (TruVoice) |
| GUID: | {C3B6C862-B278-11D0-B464-0080C7F5EE85} |
| TTSMode ID: | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273006} |
| TTS speed: | 150 |
| TTS pitch: | 92 |
| Width: | 128px |
| Length: | 128px |
Gallery
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The default animation frame of Robby. -
The system tray icon of Robby. -
The color table used by the Robby Microsoft Agent character. -
All frames inside of the newer Robby.acs. The 1.5 version's frames could not be extracted due to format differences. -
The Robby download button that Microsoft allowed to be added to websites to promote the character. -
Robby, along with Genie and Merlin on the back of Microsoft Press' "Developing for Microsoft Agent".
Trivia
- Robby was created in 1997.
- For an unknown reason, some of his animations from the MSAgent 1.5 version were removed in the newer one, just like Merlin, and Genie.
- He was one of the four original Microsoft Agents to be released by Microsoft Corporation.
- As with most classical Microsoft Agents, he has his own color table to utilize multiple unique colors to make the character seem higher quality.
- His extra data section, voice pitch and speed also differ between versions.
