One might be tempted to think that re-creating a film robot from the 1950s would be easy given all the tools and technology available to the modern hobbyist, but as [Mike Ogrinz]’s quest to r… ...

In January, Amazon filed a patent for its own last-mile robot, accelerating the development race and bringing increased investor attention to the sector. Robby 1.0 looked a lot like a wayward cooler.

Robby the Robot — the robot from the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet is up for sale. Well, technically he isn’t so much a robot as he is a suit with some animatronics.

WHAT: When a 7-foot-tall Robby the Robot, along with his futuristic jeep, from the 1956 MGM film “Forbidden Planet” sold at Bonhams New York for $5.3 million in November 2017, the result broke ...

This robot is a much cheaper alternative that can work 24/7. Robby is a K5 outdoor security robot built by Knightscope. It’s 62.5-inch (158 cm) tall, it can move at 3 mph (4.8 kph) and it can ...

The latest illustration of this is King Louie, a NASA-funded inflatable robot which could travel to the stars in deflated form and then be blown up when and where required. Skip to main content Menu ...