The legend of Talos, the Ancient Greek robot, can be given an impressive distinction: it birthed the first humanoid robot in history.

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA) has accepted an artificial-intelligence robot named Xueba 01 into its four-year PhD programme in Drama and Film, marking what is believed to be the first time a humanoid ...