As far as looks go, NeRmo mirrors a mouse’s skeletal system—although the ears, although cute, are likely superfluous. The robot’s rigid front half houses its electronics systems, while its ...

In many respects, the deeper levels of the Superman mythology have barely been scratched in Hollywood's many cinematic iterations and permutations of the character, whether on the big screen or TV.

It's only been a few days since I was introduced to OSCAR, an artist's rendition of a disgustingly meaty, pulsating flesh robot ... it This biohybrid uses mouse muscle cells combined with some ...

Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made ...

But one brief scene that has many non-geeks puzzled as to the identity of a certain character is an emotional shot of Superman in anguish kneeling beside a dying broken robot and clutching its ...