When I was a kid, I loved the movie Short Circuit. (I know: I’m both dating myself and making you question my taste in movies). I always wondered if the day would come when I would have my own walking ...

On Conan Monday, Aziz Ansari talked about the time he learned that Short Circuit star Fisher Stevens was in fact not of Indian descent. But instead of getting mad about it, he called up Stevens to get ...

If science fiction and economic trends can agree on anything, it’s that robots are destined to become our merciless overlords. You can prepare yourself for this horrific inevitability, or even study ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company's plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston's City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...

A Canadian company’s plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston’s City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to specifically ban ...

A match made in Radio Shack: ‘Robot Dreams’ combines American optimism with mounting European angst ...

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Canadian company's plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston's City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...

Wrongheaded in conception, eye-rolling in execution, “Chappie” is a childish blend of the cute robot goofiness of “Short Circuit” and the bloody-minded mayhem of “RoboCop.” It never finds its sweet ...

Another day, another remake. When it was first announced that Dimension Films was remaking Short Circuit last year, we didn't realize that Hollywood would be remaking everything from the 80's. But ...

WSJ's Joanna Stern and Geoffrey A. Fowler meet Pepper, a robot that understands and expresses humanlike emotion. TOKYO—Japan’s humanoid robots are struggling to find homes.