I first learned about robots while reading a science fiction story more than 50 years ago. But I first saw what they looked ...

Building a robot takes boatloads of technical skills, a whole lot of time, the right materials, of course – and maybe a ...

I first learned about robots while reading a science fiction story more than 50 years ago. But I first saw what they looked like in Western movies, which began screened in China after the launch ...

If most robots still need remote human operators to be safe and effective, why should we welcome them into our homes?

Once confined to science fiction, humanoid robots are moving closer to reality as major automotive companies venture into ...

New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence promise the type of capable, general-purpose robots previously seen only in science fiction—robots that can do things like assemble cars, care for ...

There are two kinds of robots in Hollywood: innocuous servants that are one glitch away from murdering their masters, and the bots designed for wholesale slaughter from the start. Here's a look at ...

The cultural perception of what robots should look like, often derived from science fiction, plays a significant role in shaping their design. The cultural imaginary is contrasted with the ...

On one hand, audiences love to see fictional robots grow beyond their programming. On the other hand, many creatives despise that prolific internet algorithms have become so advanced they can ...

In popular culture, DC Comics' character Alan von Neumann, Jr. created a fictional robots called Unimate.