Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à ...

Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. One study recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable. In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star ...

"Star Wars" not only changed filmmaking and the movie industry forever, but it has inspired the real world in many ways — from dumb politicians and new technologies, to a religion, the naming of ...

“With a robot with a high level of anthropomorphism, consumer empathy generates more negative responses and a lower level of ...

Named Elf V1, the advanced bionic humanoid robot can perceive the world, communicate, learn, and interact intelligently with ...

The viral marketing campaign for the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 includes a website for The Guild, a fictional defense contractor moving into the civilian market with the ominous slogan "End ...

In real life, robots are pretty simple. They are just, like, an arm putting cars together or what have you. In movies and TV, though, robots have long been intelligent. They’ve had personalities. They ...

Sometimes robots would get stuck in impossible situations, or behave in weird ways, just because they were trying to follow ...