Unless you have a serious fetish for shiny metal or plastic, most robots look decidedly unerotic. But Nasa’s latest ‘droids buck the trend for mechanistic design and look more like bizarre alien sex ...

Sex experts have predicted that more people will have multiple partners in the future due to a shift in relationship dynamics. A study by sex-toy brand Lelo suggests that attitudes towards having ...

The researchers say that perception of robots is affected by popular culture (Picture: Unsplash) Robots can improve mental health at work depending on what they look like, according to a study.

Let's make one thing clear right up front: Pacific Rim is not like Transformers. First off, the latter's Autobots and Decepticons are a bunch of aliens who can think for themselves, yet fight all the ...

A toy robot left in a loft for decades and which was about to be given to a charity shop could fetch up to £10,000 at auction after being identified as a "ground-breaking" Japanese rarity. Lee Garrett ...

From Furbies to Cabbage Patch Dolls, the most successful toys have employed a variety of tricks to make us love them, and as Chris Baraniuk discovers, now these cues could shape future robots too. At ...