Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notorious for producing irritating and malfunction-prone robots and technology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional company
organization in fiction
appearsIn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 video game)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
countryOfOrigin fictional universe of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
creator Douglas Adams
designPhilosophy forced cheerfulness in products
form over function
fictionalStatus exists only within The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe
genre satirical science fiction element
hasDepartment Complaints Division
Design Department
Marketing Department
hasFeature products that fail at basic functions
products that talk excessively
products with Genuine People Personalities
hasInfluenceOn popular perception of annoying AI and robots in fiction
industry artificial intelligence
consumer electronics
robotics
inUniverseReputation subject of complaints to the Hitchhiker's Guide
widely hated by users
knownFor annoying user interfaces
irritating products
malfunction-prone technology
medium science fiction comedy
notableProduct Happy Vertical People Transporters
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser
talking doors
partOf The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise lore
portrayedAs bureaucratic
incompetent
overly cheerful
product Genuine People Personalities
androids
doors
household appliances
robots
shipboard computers
satirizes consumer electronics industry
corporate bureaucracy
over-engineered technology
slogan Share and Enjoy

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Marvin the Paranoid Android createdByInFiction Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Marvin the Paranoid Android employedBy Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Genuine People Personalities manufacturerInFiction Sirius Cybernetics Corporation