Apple TV delivered a robot series that blends the best of sci-fi and comedy, and its only failing is that Murderbot has only ...

Humanity has been dreaming of artificial life for centuries — from the bronze giant Talos in Greek mythology to the clockwork automata of the Renaissance. But the fictional robot as we know it today ...

Explore the forgotten sci-fi mythology of this classic series that is also often overlooked and almost nearly forgotten.

Some of the robots in movies and television are friendly and useful, like C-3PO or R2-D2, but others like RoboCop or the Terminator -- not so much. Regardless of their nature, we've expected that, by ...

The War Between Humans and RobotsAn apocalyptic structure where organic instinct and inorganic autonomy intersectPrefaceThe ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

Science fiction has given us our image of what a “robot” is: a usually humanoid or at least bipedal mechanical entity, and while humanoid robots have made the transition from fiction to fact (and are ...

In workshops focused on future-oriented thinking or backcasting, absurd ideas are generated one after another, only to be consumed along with the excitement of the moment. I often find myself ...