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 ...

If you spent your Sunday mornings watching Mobile Suit Gundam, you already know that anime can tell some of the most ...

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Tesla boss Elon Musk recently said he expects that Tesla's Optimus will eventually be responsible for as much as 80 per cent ...

From Black Mirror to Her to Cyberpunk 2077, science fiction reveals that our real threat isn’t killer robots—it’s the corporate systems quietly rewriting what it means to be human. Consider the ...

Science fiction, as one character in Nnedi Okorafor’s metafictional Death of the Author puts it, is about “being different, ...