In Robot & Frank, the retired jewel thief's robot caretaker is named Robot.
The 2012 film follows Frank Weld, an aging former jewel thief whose adult children purchase a humanoid domestic robot to help him maintain a routine. The robot is not given a conventional personal name in the film; it is generally identified simply as Robot. Frank initially resists the machine but eventually treats it as a partner.
Frank discovers that the robot can support a burglary plan, and their relationship develops through the tension between programmed duties and Frank's choices. A common mistake is to use Frank's name as the robot's name, or to assume that the machine has a distinctive character name like many science-fiction robots.
The film stars Frank Langella as Frank and Peter Sarsgaard as the voice of the robot. It explores memory, aging, responsibility, and companionship through a small-scale near-future story.