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Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, ...

Robots are often used in animated movies to cast light on uniquely human quirks, which helps explain why they are central to so many classic movies. Some of the best animated movies ever focus on ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Out of the lab and into the wild. The Wild Robot tells the story of ROZZUM unit 7134, aka Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), an advanced humanoid robot that washes up on a remote island after ...

Universal Pictures dropped the official trailer for The Wild Robot today, and which is already getting attention for its painterly animation style and emotional visuals. DreamWorks Animation's new ...

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...

Disney Research Hub has different priorities to other robot developers; its robots need to move effectively and efficiently – but also with a ton of style and personality. This super-cute biped, based ...

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Last year’s surprise Best Animated Feature nominee, Robot Dreams, is finally available on streaming. So now you too have a chance to have your heart shattered into a million tiny pieces by the world’s ...

'Spider Rose' director Jennifer Yuh Nelson on returning to favorite stories, designing an 'ugly cute' creature, and why U.S. sci-fi sticks to short form.