▁rob ots ▁that ▁are ▁often ▁one - of - a - kind ▁and ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁an ▁ancient ▁civil ization , ▁al iens ▁or ▁a ▁mad ▁genius . ▁ ▁These ▁rob ots ▁are ▁usually ▁pil oted ▁by ▁Japanese ▁te en agers ▁via ▁voice ▁command ▁or ▁neural ▁u pl ink , ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁power ed ▁by ▁myst ical ▁or ▁ex otic ▁energy ▁sources . ▁ ▁Their ▁ab ilities ▁are ▁described ▁as ▁" qu asi - mag ical ". ▁ ▁Real ▁robot ▁▁ ▁The ▁later ▁real ▁robot ▁( リ ア ル ロ ボ ッ ト ▁r iar u ▁robot to ) ▁genre ▁features ▁rob ots ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁myth ical ▁super pow ers , ▁but ▁rather ▁use ▁largely ▁conventional , ▁al beit ▁fut ur istic ▁weapons ▁and ▁power ▁sources , ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁mass - produ ced ▁on ▁a ▁large ▁scale ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁wars . ▁The ▁real ▁robot ▁genre ▁also ▁tends ▁to ▁feature ▁more ▁complex ▁characters ▁with ▁moral ▁conflicts ▁and ▁personal ▁problems . ▁The ▁genre ▁is ▁therefore ▁aim ed ▁primarily ▁at ▁young ▁adult s ▁instead ▁of ▁children . ▁ ▁The ▁genre ▁has ▁been ▁compared ▁to ▁hard ▁science ▁fict ions ▁by ▁its ▁fan base , ▁and ▁is ▁strongly ▁associated ▁with ▁sales ▁of ▁popular ▁to y ▁models ▁such ▁as ▁Gun pla . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁" found ing ▁f athers " ▁of ▁real ▁robot ▁design ▁was ▁Kun io ▁O ka w ara , ▁who ▁started ▁out ▁working ▁on ▁G und am ▁and ▁continued ▁on ▁to ▁other ▁real ▁robot ▁series ▁such ▁as ▁Arm ored