Motoko Kusanagi, better known as “the Major,” is the cyborg hero of the famous manga, anime, and soon-to-be live-action film, Ghost in the Shell. The title itself refers to the idea that the Major was ...

From the silent era to the present, robots have fascinated filmmakers, who have portrayed the mechanical beings in every conceivable way — as allies, antagonists, victims, predators, quipsters, ...

Artificial life forms have come a long way from when moviegoers first encountered Robby the Robot in “Forbidden Planet” (1959). Sentient robots, androids and other artificial life forms have been a ...

Robots are cool. Androids are cool. Cyborgs are cool. In fact, pretty much anything part human, part machine — or just straight up machine — is cool with us. So in honor of all things automaton, we've ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed an innovative cyborg by integrating robotic parts with living organisms, specifically using a mushroom brain and fungal self-healing skin. This ...

Movies are fictional stories. To drive a narrative, conflict is an essential element. When depicting a future with highly advanced robot technology, the conflict between humans and robots often ...

Ghost in the Shell is next in a long line of human looking machines in movies. Take a look at some of our favorites.

Much will be made this week of the poor box-office showing of “RoboCop,” the $130 million remake about a human-machine hybrid that sputtered to a weekend opening gross of about $21.5 million. On ...