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The Official Robotics through science fiction podcast

When three robots are better than one: Distributed Multirobot Systems

Silent Running should be an inspiring Earth Day sci-fi movie about multiple robots saving trees. Instead it literally inspired MST3K.

Oblivion: Would drones fall out of the sky if they losT communications?

The sci-fi movie Oblivion features Tom Cruise as a drone repairman after aliens invade is a springboard for discussing real-world drones.

Texas Robot SciFi books and authors

Texas Independence Day is a great excuse to explore (or revisit) Texas robot scifi. Read for the great stories, learn the AI and robotics.

Nine scifi books from Science Robotics that show how AI and robots really work

Curious about robotics but don't want to read a textbook? See the scifi robot books that the journal Science Robotics read in 2023

Top 10 Robots to Be Thankful For at Thanksgiving

Even if you aren’t always thankful for your relatives, you can be for robots in science fiction! Here are 10 robots to be thankful for.