The end goal is to make robot actuators that are part of the circuit board itself. The genesis of this idea came from Carl’s interest in drone design, in fact, he jumped right into a drone ...

Some engineers at Virginia Tech have decided to push this kind of capability to a new extreme, creating a robot that shape-shifts by melting its own metal skeleton to convert from a four-wheeled ...

A film fanatic who has built a fully-functioning replica of the robot from the 1986 film Short Circuit said fans get emotional when they see his creation. Ryan Howard, 34, from Nottinghamshire ...

MOVIE robot Johnny 5 is alive — and living in a granny annex. Fan Ryan Howard, 33, has spent £20,000 recreating the android from cult 1986 film Short Circuit. Now part of the family, the robot ...

The plot of Short Circuit sees an experimental military robot struck by lightning, when it gains human-like intelligence and escapes its facility to learn more about the world.

Designed by Eric Yufeng, this small four-legged robot has all its parts, including the actuators, built directly onto its circuit board.

A replica of the robot from the Short Circuit films has gone trick or treating for Halloween - dressed as a ghost.