At this point, humanity has a pretty good track record for taking ridiculous science fiction and turning it into science fact. Just scroll through your favorite tech blog and take note of all the ...

Many a child grows up dreaming of the day when they can pilot a giant robot (or mech, to be precise), only to discover that, like flying cars and blaster pistols, such a thing remains in the realm of ...

Who wouldn't want to slip into Iron Man's armor or try out the gigantic Jaegers that saved the world in the movie Pacific Rim? Wearable exoskeletons currently being built, from the military-based ...

Take a look at PROSTHESIS, the world’s largest tetrapod exoskeleton according to Guinness World Records, and you’ll probably feel two things. One: a primitive pang that comes with the realization that ...

LAS VEGAS — Standing silently on the CES floor, a giant Prosthesis exoskeleton is coiled, ready for action. But there's no pilot and, at 14 feet tall and 7,000 pounds, Furrion Robotic's racing mech ...

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas typically heralds the arrival of new TVs, fridges and phones. But one company has used this year's event to show off a 15-foot tall, 3,600kg exoskeleton ...

Please note that this is an archival story originally published on Jan. 18, 2019. It is just a giant robot splashing through puddles in an empty, open-air warehouse, with the Stawamus Chief as its ...

If Jonathan Tippett had his way, the Olympics of the future would showcase more than mere humans—he foresees human-powered robot athletes, too. And at a Toronto tech event this July, the Canadian ...

An online fundraising campaign to further develop Prosthesis, the world’s largest four-legged mech, according to the Guinness World Records, has exceeded its goal within 24 hours. The goal was to ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Mech racing is a sport straight out of a science fiction novel. To compete, humans pilot off-road running machines in a high-speed race, using electric-powered exoskeletons. Furrion’s Prosthesis, an ...