Ipso Facto

Ipso Facto is a robot and protagonist in The Works.

Description
Ipso Facto is a bipedal frog-like robot with a round orange-yellow body. His squat body is contrasted by his long thin limbs. His eyes rest towards the top and front of his body.

In the 1978 script, he is described as being able to open his "mouth" which contains a signboard that can display messages. His eyes are telescopic, and he can detach (parts of) the round discs on his shoulders. He's incredibly fast and a skilled fighter.

Appearances
Ipso is seen several times in the trailer, and he was also featured on the cover of Byte magazine alongside the Ant. He also plays a prominent role in the script.

Plot
Ipso Facto is a main character in the script.

Built slowly over the course of 2,000 years by a research complex on the Moon named Selene, Ipso is sent to the humans in space to recruit one to go back to Earth. The human he recruits is a teenager named Beeper Raxis. They both go to Earth and slowly find their way to The Works after much trouble, where they prove to the computer that the human race is still alive.