Automation is getting a little out of control these days. Recent advances in the world of robotics have unleashed autonomous bodegas, sock-puppet style robo-servants, and even AI-powered dinosaurs.

The humanoid robot developed by Chinese company XPeng might have an impressive gait, but its mechanical innards are a sight to behold. Called “Iron,” the bipedal unit has been the talk of ...

Homer’s epic poem *The Iliad* features golden maidens created by Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths. These maidens, resembling human girls, would approach and support their master when he moved with a ...

T2 helped set the template for modern blockbusters, upping the ante from the first movie’s small-scale thriller mode into a ...