Okay, so these aren't zombie robots. Technically a thing has to be alive before it can die and come back to life as a zombie. But they are robots and they are dancing to thriller...
As a naturally morbid human being, I've always dreamed of being rescued by someone curvy and female should I find myself drowning in the middle of the ocean. And if my would-be res...
In every science fiction movie or book or television show, this is where it always starts. We build intelligent robots to help us out with things but, by the end, we end up working...
Ever since I was a kid, I've had somewhat of a fascination with Transformers. While I may have been more of a G.I. Joe fan, Transformers at least made me think. How could a robot t...
I find Narrative Science to be a fascinating company for a variety of reasons, and the more I read about them, the more fascinated I am. I really don't know if what they're doing i...
We can relegate this one to the realm of science fiction for the moment, but two researchers from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand suggest that in the near future, we...
For those of us who grew up on science fiction films involving robotic police officers who are programmed to serve the public trust and uphold the law, the idea of an electronic co...
Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, off...
A robotic jellyfish dubbed "Robojelly" was created by a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech. The robot runs on hydrogen, and so might theore...
As computer scientists this year celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the mathematical genius Alan Turing, who set out the basis for digital computing in the 1930s to an...
Researchers at MIT are working on a project that could bring sci-fi fantasies to reality. But, then again, when aren't they?
Nowadays, if you want something built, you take wood...