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The term "robot" and what it represents in our imaginations owes its popularity to the art world, far more than to robotics laboratories. Writers of science fiction, particularly during its golden age ...

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Robots have long been a fascination in science fiction television, and Apple TV+'s Murderbot just debuted one of the most iconic robot characters in sci-fi TV history. For almost as long as the ...

This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...

Every generation has its childhood fantasies and for a certain generation few are more prominent than piloting your own giant robot. The three young engineers behind MegaBots are working to make this ...

The director of the science fiction movie I, Robot, has weighed in on Elon Musk's recently unveiled robot and vehicle designs. Proyas' comments came after Tesla hosted an event titled "We Robot" on ...