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Robots

A doomed robot waiter does his best.

Mass Robot Firings in China Because of Incompetence

"The robots weren't able to carry soup," one of their former colleagues said.

Cara Giaimo April 8, 2016

Where Should Robots Go When They Retire?

Behind the push to create a robot museum in Pittsburgh.

Sarah Laskow March 31, 2016

The robot trash can in action, eliciting both trash and responses.

What Does Your Reaction to a Robotic Trash Can Say About You?

Predict the future of humanity by piloting around a robotic garbage barrel.

Cara Giaimo March 18, 2016

What Kind of Legal Rights Should Robots Have?

A new paper argues that courts need to keep up with technology, or risk angering our future overlords.

Jessie Guy-Ryan March 12, 2016

Robots Sent in to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Have Died

Five specially-built robots "have failed to return."

Erik Shilling March 11, 2016

Furth im Wald, Germany

Drachenstich-Festspiele

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Permanently Closed

Lawyer's Farm

Thurmont, Maryland

Lawyer's Farm

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Ali and Nino

Batumi, Georgia

Ali and Nino

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

This Is What Happens When You Link Up Four Rat Brains

Cara Giaimo July 9, 2015

Nervous System Hookup Leads to Telepathic Hand-Holding

Cara Giaimo June 10, 2015

The Church Where Robots Come to Life

Sarah Laskow May 11, 2015

C-3PO

The Hall of Fame Hall of Fame: 6 Weird and Wonderful Places to Honor Just About Anything

Eric Grundhauser April 16, 2015

mechanical instruments

Sexy Beasts: 8 Giant Crazy Machines That Build Our Roads And Railways

Dan Nosowitz April 8, 2015

Permanently Closed

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Robot Hall of Fame

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Urge to Stand, Tabla Drummer

Brooklyn, New York

Robotic Church

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Coloso

Villa Martelli, Argentina

Coloso

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

The Jaquet-Droz Automata

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Jaquet-Droz Automata

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

The new, improved Gakutensoku at the Osaka Science Museum.

Gakutensoku

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.