An eerily life-like robot has been turning heads at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing this week. Named Geminoid F, the robot has amassed a legion of fans, with some even describing her as 'the ...

A promotional stall for an upcoming video game at the Tokyo Games Show left attendees and netizens scratching their heads as they tried to work out if a troupe of human-like androids were real people ...

Be afraid, be very afraid – the dystopian future of genetically-engineered robots featured in 1982 Harrison Ford film Blade Runner is coming towards us now. A new exhibition entitled "Android: What is ...

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes? There is a popular idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is out to get ...

The rise of sex robots could cause performance anxiety in men and women who fear they can’t match the lovemaking skills of amorous androids. Technological advances means sex with human-looking ...

Stuck for gift ideas this Christmas? How about an android moulded in the exact likeness of your loved one? Well that is exactly what's on offer at a chain of department stores in Japan. The mechanical ...

A publicity stunt featuring a girl impersonating an android was apparently so real it duped thousands into believing she was a genuine robot. The female ‘machine’ acted out the slow, stiff movements ...