From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series ...

The most important remaining challenge, though, is to figure out how to control the robot’s behavior. “Now when it hits a wall, it starts to turn left.

It's called Reachy Mini, and it looks like a cute, Wall-E-esque statue bust that can turn its head and talk to the user. Among other things, it's meant to be used to test AI applications, and it ...