"Karl Rossum" is undoubtedly a combination of the name of Czech author Karel Capek and "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)," the play written by Capek which is credited with coining the word "robot" (Czech for "slave") as it is used now. In this episode, Karl Rossum invents "duplicants"; i.e., robots.
Karl Rossum, inventor of the "dupicants," is voiced by William Sanderson, who played J.F. Sebastion in Blade Runner (1982), a genetic designer behind the replicants.
Cybertron is the name of the planet the Transformers came from in the series of the same name.
HARDAC appearance resembles HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in that both sport one red lens through which they speak.
The license plate on the getaway car for the first theft is "RUR". This is a reference to the play "R.U.R." by Karel Capek. In "R.U.R.", Capek is credited with coining the term "robot" as it is used in science fiction.