In The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cyborg character is identified as the T-800.
The 1984 science-fiction film depicts a T-800 Model 101 sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor before the birth of her son, John Connor. The machine has a living-tissue exterior surrounding a metal endoskeleton and uses its physical strength and persistence as weapons.
The designation is often shortened to T-800, while “Model 101” describes the specific appearance used by the character. The film’s sequel introduced the liquid-metal T-1000, making that designation a frequent source of mix-ups.
Although The Terminator is fictional, its machine character influenced popular ideas about autonomous robots, artificial intelligence, and humanoid machines. In the films, however, the T-800 is more accurately a cyborg organism than a conventional industrial or service robot.