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Robot Stories is a low budget movie billed as "science fiction from the heart". The collection of four Bradbury-style short stories is making the rounds of art house theaters around the...

Star Trek may be overly optimistic on FTL drive for starships and matter transmission but, according to a new Minneapolis Star Tribune article by Isaac Cheifetz, it was right on target with computer...

David Hanson, of K-Bot fame, will be speaking at the Dallas Personal Robotics Group monthly meeting Saturday, Feb 14th, in Dallas, Texas. The DPRG website has details on the time and place. We've covered David and his...

As robot technology continues to improve, it's becoming possible to give our robots much more interesting appearances. For some designers, like David Hanson this means exploring the uncanny valley where robots become androids...

Eclipse Magazine says : "WE ARE GAGA for SCI-FI's New "Battlestar Galactica!!!!" The show is more emotional, the Cylons are more emotional, including such Cylon Tyrrany as Cylons with rabid...

Masahiro Mori's "Uncanny Valley" is an area in the evolution from robot to android where the robot's approval rating suddenly drops. People seem to accept things that look like machines or...

Space Daily has an article about how Georgia Tech researchers are designing behaviour-based robots that can reason and react. Georgia Tech researchers both in the Mobil Robot Lab and collaborating with the College...

I haven't seen X-Men 2 yet, but I heard it was good. But, what I'm really waiting for is the robot movies! Here's a couple that are coming up soon:...

The BBC is shutting down the special effects department responsible for creating the Daleks, Marvin the Paranoid Android, and Kryton. They cite a lack of demand for physical special effects now that most shows are...

According to a short article on betterhumans.com, the latest thing in android skin is the polymer tactile sensor. Also known as "smart skin", the sensor is an inexpensive, flexible polymer material that can...

Created 19 Aug 2002 at 03:27 UTC by mikegotis, last modified 21 Aug 2002 at 02:01 UTC by mikegotis. Notes: The Robotic Universal Language Translator Project is a massive undertaking. Even with reducing the...