A restored 1897 silent film by Georges Méliès may be the earliest movie to feature a mechanical "robot" character on screen.

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Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

Hyundai subsidiary Boston Dynamics unveiled the new Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2026 in early January. The Atlas robot announcement was a focal point of Hyundai's CES event. The carmaker also revealed ...

Two robots the size of schoolchildren stepped into the ring at BattleBots Arena. The human-like combatants stumbled a bit as they swung and kicked at each other in the Ultimate Fighting Robot (UFB) ...

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Pentagon policies that forbid troops from repairing and modifying their weapons and gear are hindering efforts to accelerate U.S. operations with ground and air robots, special operators and defense ...

In early December 2025, Chinese robotics firm EngineAI introduced its humanoid robot T800. Unlike those already seen by BGR, including Neura's task-oriented 4NE1 robot, which will eventually help ...

UFC CEO Ari Emanuel seems significantly invested in the concept of humanoid robots fighting in the UFC Octagon. Emanuel proposed the idea during his recent appearance at the “Invest Like the Best with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We live in an age where a giant robot movie doesn’t seem all that special. Thanks to over a decade of Transformers movies and the ...

A Madison County robotics team known for its creativity and community spirit is facing a challenge that can’t be solved with code or circuitry: raising enough money to compete this season. Rat Fight, ...