Christmas Eve unfolds on Tomorrow's World with a haunting rendition of Christmas carols, delivered by robots seemingly emerging from the depths of human nightmares. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast ...

Robots came into their own in the 1970s. Gone were the low-budget black-and-white B movies. Now robots roamed in full-color feature films with A-list actors. 1973 was the breakthrough year, ...

In late December 2003, the CIA revealed many never-before-seen tools of the spy trade at its own museum near Washington. These included a listening device designed to look like tiger excrement that ...

Tomorrow's World met the future of Christmas carolling - Bruce Lacey's robotic reveller, Fred. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 24 December 1970. 1970: Fred the carolling robot. Video, 00:02:331970: ...

UFO Robot Grendizer is a classic sci-fi mecha anime that dates all the way back to the 1970s — and it's being revived as an action game in the very near future. UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] Robots, originally researched and created to replace human labor, are evolving into social robots that take on human roles. Unlike in the past when they performed ...

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This spring, the 1970s robot comic series "Robot King" reemerged through crowdfunding. Like "Robot Taekwon V," the robots featured in these sci-fi comics defeated alien villains to protect Earth.