Cinema history has always been linked to technology, but a recent find pushes back ...

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

The “plot,” such as it is, is a very short, very slapstick take on The Terminator, as a man’s hubris (turning a crank to make an artificial person move) begets conflict (the robot starts hitting him ...

GRATTAN TOWNSHIP MI — Residents of Grattan Township are part of the Kent District Library. Unfortunately, they don’t have their own branch but— thanks to a robot— they now have an express library in ...

A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

KENT COUNTY, MI – The public has spoken and Kent District Library’s new robot librarian will be named “Booker.” Booker was chosen by a vote of more than 1,000 people who participated in the nearly ...

AI is taking a back seat to AC at the Worth Public Library, which is deploying artificial cuteness as part of a new collection of resources for older residents. “We’ve looked around to see what we can ...

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