sci-fi

Robohub roundtable: Robotic bee swarms from Black Mirror – what’s hype, what’s real?

Alex Kirkpatrick 06 Dec 2016

In this roundtable edition, we watched the Black Mirror episode “Hated in the Nation” and asked our Robohub team members: with many institutions focused on developing aerial drone technology, and ...

The new Westworld: Humanizing the un-human, or dehumanizing humankind?

Michael Szollosy 18 Oct 2016

HBO’s latest offering (on SkyAtlantic here in the UK) is an update of Michael Crichton‘s 1973 film Westworld; this time brought to us as a ten-part television series by sci-fi re-booter extraordin...

Four classic movie robots that are no longer far fetched

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 18 Nov 2015

Cinemagoers have long been fascinated by fictional robots, but they're not usually realistic -- until now. Thanks to technological advancements, some of the classic movie robots are now a realistic p...

Firing up The Machine

Cinefex and Graham Edwards 28 Aug 2015

Pick a robot from the movies. Go on, I know you have a favourite. There are plenty to choose from, so I’ll give you a moment …...

The making of sci-fi adventure Robot Overlords

Graham Edwards and Cinefex 03 Jul 2015

In the low-budget British sci-fi adventure, Robot Overlords, alien automatons rule the streets and ordinary citizens are locked under curfew in their homes. Just by stepping outside, you risk being v...