Gerald Robotnik (Sonic X)

"The countdown marking my final revenge on this world has begun! In a few minutes, you will be destroyed! Soon, Space Colony ARK will hurtle through the atmosphere and crash into this world with cataclysmic force!"

- Gerald, "Showdown in Space".

Professor Gerald Robotnik is a character in Sonic X and Doctor Eggman's grandfather. He is also the grandfather of Maria Robotnik.

History
Gerald sometime created Space Colony ARK, trying to develop the Ultimate Life Form. After the Biolizard, he finally created the Ultimate Life Form, Shadow the Hedgehog. It is unknown if he created Shadow with Black Doom or not. However, Maria died trying to protect Shadow from G.U.N.(although in the dub, they took her away.), because they feared Gerald would use it to take over the world. Gerald was then put into prison on Prison Island, taking on a new purpose: get revenge. He either found one of Shadow's canisters or created a copy of Shadow, compelling Shadow into getting revenge on Earth. He was found out and executed, but not before creating a video revealing his plan when all seven Chaos Emeralds were put into the Eclipse Cannon.

Space Colony ARK
Space Colony ARK was the creation a lab of Robotnik before G.U.N. came and killed Maria. It was then sealed off.

The Eclipse Cannon
The Eclipse Cannon is a weapon on Space Colony ARK with enough firepower to destroy an entire planet. It needed the Chaos Emeralds to power it, although only six could make it fire before the seventh made it fall to the planet as a megabomb. It is unclear why Robotnik created it, although it is possible that is in the same way as in the games: to stop Black Doom.

Biolizard
The Biolizard was one of Robotnik's prototypes of Project Shadow. It needed a life support system, so it was no use to Robotnik and he sealed it away at the core of the Eclipse Cannon.

Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow is Robotnik's most successful creation, although it is unclear how he was created, perhaps with Black Doom's DNA. Shadow could go as fast as Sonic, teleport using Chaos Control with just one Chaos Emerald and transform into Super Shadow.

Diary in episode 33 (Japanese version only)
20XX-OO-08

''How could you possibly believe someone would throw ME into jail?! Union Army Prison ? Oh, hell. I am the father of the pseudo-perpetual mobile "Chaos Drive" for Christ's sakes. Could this possibly be the sinister conspiracy of those attempting to take over "Eclipse Cannon" and "Artificial Chaos"? Then I'll show them that I am not going to succumb to such immorality. For the complete biosis development project "Shadow" lies only in my mind...''

20XX-OO-13