Real Steel rocked us with its story of a boy bonding with a robot. And a big part of why the movie is such a fun breath of fresh air is its awesome robot designs ...

Over dinner with a potential business partner in 2019, Swedish designer Tue Beijer pulled out some sketches and a model of an electric scooter made out of folded paper. He explained that he wanted to ...

We’re talking about composites, which are basically materials made from two or more different components. Think of it like a ...

Robots need to move, right? That’s where actuators and motors come in. Think of them as the muscles and joints of a robot.

Rapid prototyping helped filmmakers quickly build realistic boxing robots for “Real Steel,” a movie from Dreamworks. In the sci-fi world of the hit movie “Real Steel” from Dreamworks, much of the ...

Reliance Games will launch Real Steel: World Robot Boxing for iOS, Android and Kindle on Oct. 17 — the second entry in its series of games based on the film Reel Steel — studio executive vice ...

To create the huge, boxing robots that do battle in the new Hugh Jackman movie "Real Steel," director Shawn Levy pushed past using only CG to build huge, articulated puppets to play the in-ring ...

A student-designed, autonomous robot named "VeggieButt” took down the competition to win Northwestern’s 27th annual Design Competition. In a feat of speed and agility, VeggieButt bested second-place ...

Robots that mimic humans are set to create a $5 trillion market. But it will take years and a lot of improvements to get there.