In The Black Hole, the hovering medical assistant voiced by Roddy McDowall is V.I.N.CENT.
V.I.N.CENT. is a small, spherical robot who can fly through the ship and communicate with the human crew. His full name is Vital Information Necessary CENTralized. He assists the Palomino crew after they encounter the USS Cygnus and its isolated commander, Dr. Hans Reinhardt.
V.I.N.CENT. is equipped with medical knowledge and other useful capabilities, making him an important helper rather than a combat machine. His personality contrasts sharply with Maximilian, the large, silent red robot who serves Reinhardt.
The character’s name is sometimes written with slightly different punctuation or capitalization in informal references. The film’s presentation uses the stylized form V.I.N.CENT., and Roddy McDowall provided his voice. The movie was released by Disney in 1979 and combines space opera with Gothic horror imagery.