Skutter

The skutters are service robots in the science fiction television series Red Dwarf.

They have bodies similar to K9 from Doctor Who and a single limb extending from this. The limb ends in a three-clawed hand with an elecronic eye.

The duties of the skutters are to perform basic tasks around the ship. Lister claims they outrank himself and Rimmer, and have a better union.

The skutters are unable to speak, but can usually make their feelings clear. Their hands are particularly well designed for giving V-signs to Rimmer.

It was originally implied there were only two skutters ("Pinky and smegging Perky"), but later episodes suggest these were simply the skutters assigned to Rimmer, and there are many more, as befits a ship the size of a city.

Kryten referred to a skutter as "Bob" in the episode The Last Day. Series 8 also featured a skutter named Bob, presumably the same one, along with his wife Madge.

Rimmer's skutters, if not all of them, are fans of John Wayne and strongly disllike Rimmer.