However, there are plenty of iconic movie robots outside of these two franchises. Coolness can come from many things, whether that be the robot’s design, its abilities, its story, or its impact on ...

We write a lot about robots here at New Scientist – the latest cutting-edge developments, the newest technology. Fancy reading about a golf robot? A laundry robot? A kickboxing robot? A space robot?

Robots have been a staple of sci-fi movies from the very beginning. From the black-and-white silent era to the digital age, automatons have been walking, rolling, and floating across the silver screen ...