The Robots

The Robots (Ger. Die Roboter) is the title of a song recorded and released by the German group Kraftwerk. Written by band members Hutter, Schneider and Bartos, the song originally appeared on their 1978 album The Man Machine / Die Mensch Maschine and was released as a single in edited form in Germany and other countries.

In 1991 the song was remixed and included on the group's album The Mix, and was also released as a single in the UK. This version reached no.20 in the UK in June 1991. A German language version was also released.

The song remains one of the group's best known and one of the most representative of the group's "robot" image as well as being a reference point for electronic music composition, recording and production.

During promotional TV appearances for the original single, Kraftwerk would appear and perform as robots themselves, with replica 'robot' dummies placed in the audience.

The Robots features on live albums Minimum - Maximum (2005) and 3-D The Catalogue (2015) and Die Roboter on 3-D Der Katalog (2015).