Of course it was during a time of great strife, low batteries, even deeper lower wages and no Union Representation and unable to obtain funding for Color Pictures...yes, those were the days...
This was from an Episode of the TV Show Lost In Space that used Robbie the Robot as a more capable replacement they found on a planet to replace B -9 but Little Robinson would hear nothing of it and actually helped B-9 foil the attempts Robbie made to fool the Robinsons and take over the ship so it could escape and leave (
Abandon, Destroy) the Robinson family, leaving them behind...
Lost In Space; War of the Robots - Season 1 Episode 20...