Brooklynites are gawking at one of the borough’s newest residents: an 18-foot-tall metal sculpture of the 1980s comic-book character “Rappin’ Max Robot.” The mammoth piece of public art ...

Rappin' Max Robot epitomizes the many ways hip-hop can take shape —whether it's through breaking, as a comic book, or in a massive metal sculpture created by Brooklyn welders." Pigeons ...

Comic book writer Eric Orr ... Haring is symbolic of the popular dance of the time — the robot was Orr’s favorite move. The sculpture will be gifted to Paris, where it will live at the ...

Peter Brown is the author of "The Wild Robot," which was turned into an Oscar-nominated movie. My 7-year-old son is obsessed with both the movie and the book and wanted to interview Brown.

Rappin’ Max Robot began life as a comic book character only a few inches ... putting some final welding touches on the Rappin’ Max Robot sculpture at the Welder Underground studio in ...

Parents who buy the book for their kids find themselves moved by a story that is not intended for them but somehow speaks to them. Peter Brown’s “The Wild Robot” is one such book.

Robots have upended the sculpture world, sparking a fierce debate on their role. Some artists say using a robot is cheating, destroying centuries of tradition. Others have embraced using robots as ...

Featuring the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara and Pedro Pascal, director Chris Sanders’ family-friendly animation tells the story of a robot who befriends and nurtures a menagerie ...

Who knows, maybe there'll be more." The science-fiction book series follows a robot, ROZZUM unit 7134, nicknamed Roz, as she is left stranded on a deserted island after a hurricane. She learns how ...