THE term robot was first used in a Czech play in 1921, but it would be several decades before the first machine came into widespread use. THE term robot was first used in a Czech play in 1921, but it ...

We need to start thinking of robots as a modern tool that we can optimally design for specific use cases rather than a panacea to solve every challenge.

It's a radical solution that could have come straight from a science-fiction blockbuster. But a robot could be brought into British care homes this year to help solve the staffing crisis. The fully ...

The terms ‘robot’ and ‘android’ are common words in science fiction, yet the idea of creating life from the materials around us predates the genre itself. From the giant Talos of Greek myth, fashioned ...

Explore the best women robots in movies, from iconic androids to powerful AI.

STUDENTS at a Welsh university are to begin preparing for a world shared with intelligent robots. STUDENTS at a Welsh university are to begin preparing for a world shared with intelligent robots. A ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

Angry Robot has landed Project Hanuman, a “bold” science fiction novel that blends Indian mythology and classic space opera, from Stewart Hotston. Publisher Eleanor Teasdale acquired world ...

When researchers asked more than 1,000 Americans to assign colors to robots according to the robot’s job, they found that ...

Science fiction has offered many visions of a computer-controlled future, and the future doesn’t look good for humanity It’s only March and already we’ve seen a computer beat a Go grandmaster and a ...