Before becoming a hero of the Star Wars Universe, R2-D2 had a single goal in its robotic life: repair spaceships damaged in battle or elsewhere, including while said ships were still on the move. And ...

I love an existential robot — and Times & Galaxy, an indie adventure game, has a lot of them. On the surface, the term “existential robot” seems like an oxymoron. Existentialism is, after all, a ...

The size and configuration of that polygon varies, depending on the task for which the robot is required. Among other things, it can walk on four legs, form itself into a robotic arm, or roll like a ...

“Our aim with Mori3 is to create a modular, origami-like robot that can be assembled and disassembled at will depending on the environment and task at hand,” says Jamie Paik, director of the ...

Robot Dreams and Flow are both silent movies, with a lot of emphasis on the characters’ physicality and how they express themselves without words. Survival adventure Flow is very grounded in how real ...

Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. One of those ...