Many people are already creeped out by quadruped robots, which walk on four legs instead of rolling on wheels or tracks. Well, the MARVEL robot likely won't do much to change such feelings, as it ...

Named MARVEL, short for Magnetically Adhesive Robot for Versatile and Expeditious Locomotion, the 17.6 pounds (eight kilograms) device can rapidly move on diverse surfaces such as metal floors ...

Befitting his history straddling both Fantastic Four comics and the team’s adaptations, HERBIE has continued to thrive outside the pages of Marvel’s books too—he appeared in several Marvel ...

While HERBIE’s cartoon career was short-lived — The New Fantastic Four ran for just 13 episodes — the robot was integrated into Marvel Comics in 1978 with Fantastic Four issue 209.