Karissa Bell As we walked over to the Ropet booth, a person was waving a plastic hotdog in front of the little robot and small cartoon hotdogs flashed across its eyes in response. I was pretty ...

I knew that I wanted to memorialize that in script and screen, and that’s exactly what we did. The Wild Robot grapples a lot with the stresses of parenthood. How do you strike a line between a ...

Many robots are featured in cartoons and animated series. These characters are often faster, stronger, and smarter than their ...

“At Disney, that might not be enough—our robots may have to strut, prance, sneak, trot, or meander to convey the emotion that we need them to.” [Related: Why humans feel bad for awkward robots ...

And while most domestic chores are still very hands-on in 2018, there’s at least one obvious device we have in common with the Jetsons: the robot vacuum. In the cartoon, we oohed and awed at ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In Hong Kong, researcher David Hanson, whose Hanson Robotics company motto is “We bring robots to life,” has created “Sophia,” a lifelike robot ...