It's time to build the armor and weapons for WIRED's giant robot mech and give it a paint job with realistic battle scarring. Watch as Stan Winston School and the artists from Legacy Effects turn ...

If you thought our finished 9' 9" Giant Robot Mech that stormed Comic Con was impressive, wait until you see the engineering that was required to make it come "alive." In this amazingly detailed ...

Behind the scenes with the creators of Syfy’s "Robot Combat League" and its eight-foot, rock-em, sock-em warriors.

Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

One brain to rule them Two researchers have revealed how they are creating a single super-brain that can pilot any robot, no matter how different they are. Sergey Levine and Karol Hausman wrote in ...

The robots, or 'mechas' in new movie 'Pacific Rim' are huge. But bigger isn't always better, say roboticists. Here are a few of the challenges of making giant robots—and why humanity should ...

RC motors, fabric, and 3D printers are coming together in Philadelphia to create the first biologically correct robot dinosaurs so scientists can learn more about how the extinct creatures lived ...