Ryan Howard, 34, from Nottinghamshire, started building the Johnny 5 robot during lockdown and said working on the 200kg robot helped him through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ryan Howard spent more than £20,000 and six years recreating the walking, talking, dancing robot - which renames itself from Number 5 to Johnny in Short Circuit - in his garage ...

A film fanatic has spent six years building a fully-functioning replica of movie robot Johnny 5 from Short Circuit - which he even takes down the pub. Ryan Howard, 34, has forked out over £20,000 ...

MOVIE robot Johnny 5 is alive — and living in a granny annex. Fan Ryan Howard, 33, has spent £20,000 recreating the android from cult 1986 film Short Circuit. Now part of the family, the robot ...

Ryan Howard, 34, from Nottinghamshire, started building the Johnny 5 robot during lockdown and said working on the 200kg robot helped him through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ryan was inspired to build Johnny 5 as a lifelong fan of the sci-fi comedy, which sees a military robot gain human-like intelligence after being struck by lightning.