A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

In Foundation season 3, there's a subtle connection to a prominent idea that runs throughout some of Isaac Asimov's most ...

Identified to each other by a two-finger tap near the top of the forearm, followers of this clandestine cyborg-friendly club ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. For example, after a children's reading robot became inactive, most households chose to keep it.