Robots haunt our art and our dreams. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov wrote a whole series of novels around the idea of robotics — the “Robot” series, one of which was made into the movie “I, Robot.” The “Terminator” movies were all big hits, and science-fiction series such as Britain’s “Dr. Who” and America’s own “Caprica” and “Battlestar Galactica” all have robots, more or less humanoid, in their casts. On television, the Japanese cartoon characters “Astro Boy,” as well as “Transformers” and “Gundam” have been hits.
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Where Are the Robots Taking Us? Part 1
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 21, 2010 05:00 AMRobots haunt our art and our dreams. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov wrote a whole series of novels around the idea of robotics — the “Robot” series, one of which was made into the movie “I, Robot.” The “Terminator” movies were all big hits, and science-fiction series such as Britain’s “Dr. Who” and America’s own “Caprica” and “Battlestar Galactica” all have robots, more or less humanoid, in their casts. On television, the Japanese cartoon characters “Astro Boy,” as well as “Transformers” and “Gundam” have been hits.