KIPP was the name of Dr. Mann's companion robot who joined him on his expedition to Mann's planet.

Upon arrival on Mann, the eponymous doctor had KIPP conduct much of the ground exploration of the planet's surface. Dr. Mann subsequently dismantled KIPP, booby-trapped his mainframe and used his power cell for the energy of his hypersleep chamber.

When the crew of the Endurance arrive on Mann's planet, they find a dismantled KIPP and Dr. Mann inside his hypersleep chamber. Shortly after, Romilly reveals there is a slight possibility of saving humanity on Earth - by sending a probe to the black hole, just to briefly glimpse the collapsed star inside - the singularity, and relay the data back to Earth. TARS required components from KIPP in order to improve their chances for success. Once Romilly and TARS were able to re-boot KIPP, the robot began to display the true nature of the planet - data that contradicted Dr. Mann's claims that he found a habitable surface. Sensing danger, TARS urgently orders Romilly to step back. KIPP's mainframe detonated killing Romilly and destroying Mann's compound.

After finishing TARS and CASE, I realized that I had enough material to make another robot. Then I said, why not? And I started with the fabrication of KIPP, using the same technics and materials as my TARS custom. KIPP is formed by four separate modules, that are united by magnets as articulations. The only difference is it's ID sticker and that I used half of time in the fabrication process, compared with TARS. Regards everyone.