Dimension Films has tapped Dan Milano to script “Short Circuit,” the remake of the 1986 pic. The original was about an armed robot that acquired a personality after a lightning strike, and sought the ...

When I was a kid, I loved the movie Short Circuit. (I know: I’m both dating myself and making you question my taste in movies). I always wondered if the day would come when I would have my own walking ...

A match made in Radio Shack: ‘Robot Dreams’ combines American optimism with mounting European angst ...

Another day, another remake. When it was first announced that Dimension Films was remaking Short Circuit last year, we didn't realize that Hollywood would be remaking everything from the 80's. But ...

WSJ's Joanna Stern and Geoffrey A. Fowler meet Pepper, a robot that understands and expresses humanlike emotion. TOKYO—Japan’s humanoid robots are struggling to find homes.

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Canadian company's plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston's City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...

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HOUSTON — A Canadian company’s plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston’s City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company’s plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston’s City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company’s plan to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston has been short circuited by city leaders. Houston’s City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to ...