I was in the mood for an anthology film about robots. For my fellow oldtaku, this will seem self-explanatory, but this is a quick reminder that new anime fans are born every minute, and we all ...

Mecha anime has been around for roughly half a century, and the theme's manga debut goes back even further. Classics like Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Giant Robo and Go Nagai's Mazinger Z helped write the ...

For $175,000 you too can have a hyper-realistic full-body humanoid robot as personal companion coupled with “Companionship AI” and — to come — a controller app to manage and control your ...

Sakamoto Days, the new anime adaptation of Yuto Suzuki’s manga by TMS Entertainment is continuing its dominating run on Netflix by breaking a record for the streaming service. The new anime ...

Seeing the slate now, I can’t imagine feeling any other way. Check out our most-anticipated list of 2025 anime below. Why we're excited: Watanabe is as close to an auteur as anime allows.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a recent interview with Dubai's World Governments Summit that the economic returns of artificial intelligence investments will be seen in humanoid robots. Speaking to ...

With a robot, scientists can simply sit back and watch its behavior in different environments. “We can look at its performance without having to think of every detail, [as] in the simulation ...

In the race to build the best humanoid robots, China is quite literally ahead of the pack. As the South China Morning Post reports, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area — or E ...

Meta Platforms Inc., after pushing into augmented reality and artificial intelligence, has identified its next big bet: AI-powered humanoid robots. The company is making a significant investment ...

The Wild Robot just picked up three Oscar nominations for best animated film, best sound and best original score, and you can stream the 2024 flick about a marooned machine on Peacock now.

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With tests of humanoid bots and new developments in military applications, the year ahead will intrigue even the skeptics. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries ...