Robots.txt files written to favour Google's web-crawlers.

'Toy like' devices go where researchers fear to tread.

Humanoid robots could also take robotics back to the factory floor in the 21st century. Theres a very pragmatic engineering reason to build humanoid robots, and thats because most of our environment h

Sarah Kidner explores our fascination with robots, looks at their past and ponders the robotic future. What have a Czech playwright, 15th century artist Leonardo da Vinci and the future o

Robots defer to humans.

Backroom boffins in the US Army have decided that robots will be better at warfare if they have a built in guilt system.

Humanoid robots arent a new concept. Perhaps the first appearance of a humanoid robot was Elektro, who appeared at the 1939 World Trade Fair in New York. Elektro danced, counted to ten, smoked and rav

Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has revealed his plans for his new company Stupid Fun Club. Expect real-life robots and gaming to go hand-in-hand

Terminator Salvation is much better than the last film in the series, but ultimately fails to connect with its audience. The effects and visuals are great, but the human characters pale in comparison to the lethal robots.

Earlier walking robots had a more serious side: to discover more about the human brain. Shakey, for example, emerged from the Stanford Research Institute (now SRIs artificial intelligence centre) in 1

Devices can fetch items indicated with laser pointer.

If, like us, you’ve ever had the deep pining associated with wanting to build a robot or two, this book is definitely for you. This 360-page guide to everything you’ve ever wanted to know about robots covers how they work and how to build your own. You’ll learn how to select the right power source, use the tools you’ll need and how to build a robot from things you have around the house or from kit form.

Only director Michael Bay could have made a film like Transformers: Revenge of the fallen. It's a head-ringing, ear-crunching and ultimately exhausting experience, filled with more than two hours of constant robot destruction.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

Isaac Asimov would approve.

Fictional depictions such as these are startlingly accurate, since sci-fi has paved the way for our acceptance of each generation of robots. Capeks prophecies were fulfilled when robots made their fir

Robots are supposed to be helpful or entertaining. Roboreptile, with his limited movements and irate demeanour, is just unpleasant

TU Delft researcher hails 'breakthrough' device.

Science fiction becomes reality.