Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. If you know anything about the Metal Robot Damashii toyline, it’s ...

While Gunpla model kits require people to construct the Mobile Suit from runner parts, the Metal Robot Spirits action figure will already have the basic mech assembled. The package will come with ...

“This is a video of a person-shaped robot liquifying to escape from a cage after which it is extracted and remolded back into its original shape.” Gif: Wang and Pan et al. (The Chinese University of ...

Whether your memories of futuristic robot boxing come from the classic "Twilight Zone" episode, "Steel" or director Sean Levy's entertaining 2007 sci-fi flick, “"Real Steel," there no denying that ...

Tal Avitzur is obsessed with collecting what he calls "retro junk." The California artist spends hours sifting through scrapyards to find parts for the whimsical robots he dreams up. At his Talbotics ...

This 'metal-eating' robot can follow a metal path without using a computer or needing a battery. By wiring the power-supplying units to the wheels on the opposite side, the robot autonomously ...

Among the more than 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral on the 30th of January, bound for the International Space Station, were two firsts: the world’s first metal 3D ...

Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...