Robotics Through Science Fiction✓

Looking for a scary robot movie for the weekend? Technically not a movie but X-Files season 3, episode 12 War of the Corophages will have everyone screaming! And it is technically accurate- see more at

Hmmm, there's a gap between demos and reality- we're nowhere near Will Smith's I, Robot. see @scirobotics

🤖 Optimus is here. What once looked like science fiction is starting to look very real. The question isn’t whether humanoid robots are coming. It’s how quickly they’ll become part of everyday life. ⚡

Autonomous cars save lives is the new takeaway from @IEEESpectrum But we view autonomous cars just like the ones in science fiction, and that could be a problem, see @scirobotics science fiction/science fact article here

It's Friday- looking for a robot movie? I, Robot (2004) promised streets full of Nestor humanoids by 2035—walking dogs, fighting fires, one model doing every job. Investors are betting billions this happens. Most roboticists are not. See @robinrmurphy review in @scirobotics and head to for more reviews and commentary. #HumanoidRobots #IRobot #Robotics #STEM

It’s Friday robot movie night… for those of us saddened by @chucknorris passing, choose one of his TWO robot movies, one where he uses a robot and the other where he is the robot. Learn more about the movies, the robots, and what's real science at He will be missed.

Sure @Schwarzenegger played a robot in the Terminator but so did @chucknorris in Agent Recon! Check out the article and videos about his robot movies at We will miss him.

Did you know @chucknorris outsmarted a police robot in Code of Silence (1985), illustrating some very real technical and ethical issues that persist to this day. We miss him. Learn more about this and scifi movies and real world robots at

Did you know @chucknorris was a policeman using a robot two years before Robocop (1987) in Code of Silence (1985). The robot, Prowler, was a real military robot. Learn more about Prowler and how accurately it was depicted at

At 84, @chucknorris still kicked better in Agent Recon (2024) than real world kickboxing robots— compare videos of the two and decide for yourself- plus learn more about the difference between scifi and real world robots at We will miss him.

Did you know that Chuck Norris starred in a movie with a real military robot and in another played a robot? Learn more about the movies, the robots, and what's real. He will be missed. See and more at

Searching for a robot movie to snuggle up to with your significant other for Winter Storm Fern? Passengers about Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence meeting cute when their space cruise ship malfunctions and they are prematurely awaken. Their only company is a robot bartender played by Michael Sheen. And it actually has some insights for distributed robotics! See more at

Looking for family movies to watch this weekend? Fantastic Four: First Steps @RealPopMax and @Superman are both great choices and feature adorable robot assistants! See the discussion on how H.E.R.B.I.E. and Gary compare real-world robot assistants in the latest Science Fiction Science Fact column at @scirobotics.

Automatic Noodle by @annaleen is a comfort food scifi novella about robots who start a noodle shop. Nothing particularly technical, though the different morphologies are cool, but man do I want some good noodles!

Looking for a scifi movie for Memorial Day? The holiday is about commemorating those who have died in war and seems a fitting time watch Pluto, the 8 episode series on Netflix. In a near future the humanoid robots from each of the major countries who fought a recent Middle East war are struggling to adapt to peaceful lives. Someone, or something, is trying to kill them, which isn’t helping. The series is a lyrical adaptation of the Japanese anime, and is a breath of fresh air from the increasingly over-produced big budget scifi movies with vacuous plots. Learn more about the science behind scifi robots at

Looking for a scifi movie for Memorial Day? The holiday is about commemorating those who have died in war and seems a fitting time watch Pluto, the 8 episode series on Netflix. In a near future the humanoid robots from each of the major countries who fought a recent Middle East war are struggling to adapt to peaceful lives. Someone, or something, is trying to kill them, which isn’t helping. The series is a lyrical adaptation of the Japanese anime, and is a breath of fresh air from the increasingly over-produced big budget scifi movies with vacuous plots. Learn more about the science behind scifi robots at

Looking for a robot movie for the weekend? The Wild Robot kept getting mentioned at the @compcomcon Future of Computing workshop. See the @scirobotics discussion at

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Looking for a movie for May the 4th Be With You Day? Try the "unofficial" Star Wars movie: Akira Kurosawa's 1958 classic samurai film The Hidden Fortress, about two peasants, one tall and skinny, the other short, constantly nagging each other as they help a mysterious bandit spirit a headstrong princess through enemy lines to re-establish her clan. (Yes, Lucas admits The Hidden Fortress was an inspiration for Star Wars.) And see more about Star Wars robots at

May the 4th be with you! There's lots of cool robots in the Star Wars scifi universe. What's the real world @SciRobotics science behind them?