In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months ...

Robots are often used in animated movies to cast light on uniquely human quirks, which helps explain why they are central to so many classic movies. Some of the best animated movies ever focus on ...

The Wild Robot (2024) Film Review from the 68th Annual London Film Festival, a movie directed by Chris Sanders, written by Chris Sanders and starring Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill ...

Crafting stakes is complicated territory for a film targeted at audiences of all ages. They are obviously a key component in getting movie-goers invested in the characters and story, but that’s paired ...

There's a good chance The Wild Robot will be remembered as the best animated movie of 2024. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I had ...

In 2018, when director Pablo Berger was thinking about his next movie, he happened to crack open one of his favorite graphic novels, a short, wordless story about a dog and a robot, best friends who ...

Parallax Worlds, a startup building hyper-realistic virtual simulations to stress-test robots before deployment, today announced it raised $4 million in a seed round. Developing and deploying robots ...

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