Robots

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

Giant robots battle it out (and hump Megan Fox's leg) in this loud and clumsy summer spectacular
By Stephanie Zacharek Jun 24, 2009

  • The Big Idea

    Robugs, biologically based software, the GeoWeb, transgenic art and other hot frontiers in technological innovation.
    By David Pescovitz November 30, 2005

  • Welcome to the machine?

    Consumers love ATMs, self-checkout machines and airport boarding-pass kiosks. But what about the workers who get automated out of existence?
    By Farhad Manjoo September 18, 2003

  • Love in the age of spyware

    Their affair was nurtured by a robot and watched by millions -- but its ratings were shaky.
    By William Shunn July 16, 2003

  • Bend it like Robo-Beckham

    Roboticists want to field a team of automatons in the 2050 World Cup that can win it all. Are they nuts? Or is this how progress is made?
    By Lee Gutkind June 11, 2003

  • Nazis, clairvoyants and robots

    Readers respond to articles on Hitler's Jewish psychic and Robert Brooks' vision of the future.
    March 1, 2002

  • Do androids dream of First Amendment rights?

    A Net-controlled robot reporter from MIT may be headed for Afghanistan.
    By Brad Wieners February 25, 2002

  • Flesh, robots and God

    Are they becoming us or are we becoming them? One of the world's leading roboticists discusses the machines in our future -- their ability to think, feel, reproduce and achieve personhood.
    By John Glassie February 25, 2002

  • A Hello Kitty you can drive

    The future is pregnant with friendly, mood-sensitive cars. Fasten your seat belt, it's going to be a really, really cute ride.
    By Douglas Cruickshank October 24, 2001

  • We, robots!

    From Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" to Steven Spielberg's "A.I.," the line between man and machine has never been clear.
    By Dan Dinello June 21, 2001

  • Computer toy joy

    Robot buddies will lead our children into a bright future, says Mark Pesce in his new book, "The Playful World."
    By Janelle Brown October 13, 2000

  • Robots "R" us

    Why are roboticists building machines in their own image? "Robo Sapiens" introduces a homemade population and the egos behind the bots.
    By Janelle Brown September 14, 2000

  • Killjoy

    Technology is changing our world -- and we should be afraid! Sun Microsystems chief scientist Bill Joy envisions a frightening future of self-replicating machines.
    By Damien Cave April 10, 2000

  • Future sex

    For proud owners of a $5,000 Realdoll, she's always ready when you're ready. But it takes a special kind of man to get ready for a hunk of silicone with three holes.
    By Stephen Lemons February 26, 2000

  • Long-distance surgery

    Telemedicine allows doctors to be in several places at once.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. January 31, 2000

  • Circus roboticus

    A troupe of robots forces audiences to confront the terrors of late 20th century life.
    By Mark Gimein September 27, 1999

  • I, robot? My robot!

    With Lego's new kit, you, too, can play God with a mechanical creature of your own design.
    By Janelle Brown October 2, 1998
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