The European Parliament has almost unanimously approved a report equating to a civil rights bill for robots, defining the most advanced machines as “electronic persons” – but not without the option of ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

A humanoid machine called Apollo has just taken a tentative, slightly jerky, but significant step forward in the robot revolution. The 5'8" tall robot performed the first public demonstration in a ...

In the not-so-distant past, the idea of a robot companion belonged to the realm of science fiction. Today, it is quietly becoming reality. We talk to Siri and Alexa, trust AI to drive our cars, and ...

For Elon Musk, making life imitate his favorite works of science fiction has long been an amusing side game. His A.I. company, xAI, openly references Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ...

This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket ...