Science-fiction stories and real-world technologies have always been tangled together. Sci-fi gives us a way to explore our ...

We live in an age where a giant robot movie doesn’t seem all that special. Thanks to over a decade of Transformers movies and the excellent Pacific Rim, the novelty of getting a giant robot movie that ...

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 ...

Big Hero 6 is one of the more informative robot movies for kids because it talks about robotics as a legitimate craft with real-world applications that can improve people’s lives. Hiro Hamada is a ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Robin Williams was one of the most beloved actors of his time. While getting his start as a stand-up comedian, he was known for his ability to oscillate between genres and styles. That is, he was ...

Alan Tudyk was one of the major stars of the 2004 summer blockbuster “I, Robot” — but he’s not so sure many people know that. “A lot of people didn’t know I did Sonny the robot on ‘I, Robot’ and there ...

Rewatching Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence, it feels as plausible as ever, but also more misguided. In 2001, AI was barely a thought in everyday life. It was the thing that ...

He works in mysterious ways.