iStockphoto A humanoid robot at China’s Spring Festival Gala is going viral for appearing to try to attack one of the members of the audience. The robots were on hand to perform with human dancers […]
iStockphoto We knew this day would come. For years now, scientists have been trying to make Westworld a reality with their advances in android robots. From lab-grown muscle tissue to robots with bones, ligaments and […]
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) When multiple Oscar nominee Chris Sanders took on adapting Peter Brown’s beloved children’s book, “The Wild Robot,” he wanted to do something different visually than what he was seeing in other […]
iStockphoto MIT scientists have developed tiny, flying robot insects that are more agile and durable than ever in the hopes of someday using them for pollination. These newly designed robot insects can fly for up […]
iStockphoto A robot designed for war recently performed a 30-minute DJ set at a nightclub in San Francisco. No, seriously, this is a thing that happened. A reporter was there and saw it. Timothy Karoff, […]
iStockphoto Humanoid robots just took yet another step towards being even more human-like. Now they can dance, exercise, and even throw a few punches just by mimicking human movements. This particular humanoid robot is called […]
Chris Sanders, director and screenwriter of DreamWorks Animation’s praised The Wild Robot, just received his fourth career Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature for the film, after previous nominations for Lilo & Stitch, How to […]
A couple days after Kai Cenat faced backlash for “bullying” his robot, the streamer has purchased it a brand new car. During a January 28 stream on Twitch, Cenat revealed his brand new $70,000 robot. […]
Fanum and xQc defended AMP’s behavior after netizens called the streamers out for “bullying” Kai Cenat’s robot. During Kai Cenat’s broadcast on January 28, the streamer unboxed a $70K robot. After putting the human-like device […]
Chart-topping post-hardcore outfit DANCE GAVIN DANCE has announced the “Return Of The Robot” North American tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 26-date trek will kick off on Friday, May 23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The […]
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When director Chris Sanders decided to take on The Wild Robot, the script had been at DreamWorks Animation for a few years. In what he deems to be a stroke of luck, Sanders came in at […]
Image: Universal If you missed The Wild Robot in the madness of last year’s holiday season, Universal’s about to make it a little easier to catch the animated sci-fi adventure on both the big and […]
It’s not difficult to find a connection with Roz, voiced by Lupita Nyong’o, in The Wild Robot, especially for songwriter Maren Morris, who had a young child when she began writing the original song “Kiss […]
My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage robot, was benign enough — if a bit eerie. As if HAL had gotten a job in the Valley. I stepped into the austere spa room at […]
Getty Image Severely injured Ukrainian soldiers will soon be the recipients of wearable Hybrid Assistive Limb [HAL] robot suits developed by Japanese company Cyberdyne Inc. The suits are being donated as part of a project […]
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 most […]
iStockphoto If you need further proof that the robot uprising is imminent, here you go. Earlier this year, a small Chinese AI robot named Erbai convinced 12 bigger robots to revolt and stop working in […]
When it came to designing the animation style for The Wild Robot, director Chris Sanders found himself enthralled by the hand-crafted, painterly style of the concept art being developed. Production designer Raymond Zibach remembers within […]
As our collective nervousness over AI grows each day, “The Wild Robot” emerges from the woods with a completely different take on a man-made being with the ability to learn. “I love the messaging of […]