There was no people's car," Mr Chandra says. Automata is just one firm trying to find a wider market for robots and disrupt the way that things are made. More than 2.4 million industrial robots ...

Visually, it's unlike any robot movie you've ever seen Based on Simon Stålenhag's dystopian novel Coming to Netflix in March ...

or what may possibly be the simplest 3D-printed robot ever. To keep putting your 3D printer to good use check out this 3D printed water droplet simulation automaton. If you want to learn more ...

Kenneth Colley and Yolanda Kettle with readings from Descartes to Philip K Dick, and music from Haydn and Handel to Ligeti and Reich in an exploration of robots and automata.

These "gel automata," measuring just centimeters ... This breakthrough opens possibilities for shape-shifting robots and medical devices that can reconfigure themselves to perform various tasks.