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 ...

The race to create AI-powered humanoid robots continues to accelerate as major tech and consumer companies eye investments ...

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

Omar Naim, the Lebanese-American director who made his debut with 2004’s demented necro-voyeurism film The Final Cut, is working on another science fiction movie, according to Production Weekly. The ...

You may have seen this mind-blowing headline: China is reportedly working on a humanoid robot capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to human babies. This news smacks of science fiction, yet it ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...