Netflix approves Love, Death and Robots season 2
Jennifer Yuh Nelson will be the supervising director of volume 2
Is this… what… a sexy robot calendar?
You don’t stumble across this every day. Andrei Feheregyhazi is thinking about 2018 already, in fact, he’s already working on a calendar for it. He calls it ‘sexy’ robots and has a Kickstarter campaign to collect your money.…
Cozmo is a cheeky little robot
Okay, I’ll put my hands up and admit it. I don’t need a Cozmo. I’m pretty tempted by one, though.
Here’s a company that’s worked to put a basic AI into a tiny machine and built an ‘emotion engine’.…
Short film: Uncanny Valley
This work from 3DAR is very clever. Imagine a future with easy to access virtual reality. Okay, that future isn’t too far away. Imagine a little further ahead when the tech is cheap and people have had enough to become addicted.…
Short film: 2am
This short film from New Monday uses robots and space travel to explore the concept of loneliness. With a loud soundtrack from Three More Shallows it manages to do that and feel a bit like a music video too.…
Short film: Giant Robots from Outer Space
Giant Robots from Outer Space manages to be a parody, a tribute and a twist all in one. The animation is inspired by those wonderful b-movies from the 50s. Expect to see some iconic scenes re-made here.…
Sharp’s new phone is a little robot
Is the “Heart moving phone” the future of smartphones?
The little robot weighs about 390g and includes a phone, camera, projector and can walk around. No mention of what OS the phone uses but there’s a quad-core 1.2Ghz CPU in Robohon.…
Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid
The BB-8 Droid from Sphero is a hot ticket item in the UK. Some retailers are struggling to get hold of them, Amazon is charging a premium but at the time of writing IWooT has some left and so does Zavvi.…
Short Film: The Last One
By the year 2058 mankind will have created robots that look and act like us. We’ll have gone to war. After all; what else would you expect from a race that acts like us?…
Short film: Two Worlds
The story here, according to Andy Lefton, is that opposites attract. The two characters featured are certainly opposite in many ways but both quite charming in their own right. The catch?…
