Motoko Kusanagi, better known as “the Major,” is the cyborg hero of the famous manga, anime, and soon-to-be live-action film, Ghost in the Shell. The title itself refers to the idea that the Major was ...

10 minutes ago, I was cautiously optimistic that one day we’d live and work side-by-side with robots in perfect harmony. Then Boston Dynamics posted a video of its ATLAS humanoid robot performing ...

Robots are cool. Androids are cool. Cyborgs are cool. In fact, pretty much anything part human, part machine — or just straight up machine — is cool with us. So in honor of all things automaton, we've ...

From the silent era to the present, robots have fascinated filmmakers, who have portrayed the mechanical beings in every conceivable way — as allies, antagonists, victims, predators, quipsters, ...

Ghost in the Shell is next in a long line of human looking machines in movies. Take a look at some of our favorites.

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