Both ask viewers to question whether it is our genetic makeup ... There are a lot of movies about the potentially catastrophic consequences of a robot going against its programming.

Intelligent robots in most movies tend to be either terrifying or tortured but leave it to Toy Story makers, Pixar, to depict one who is just too cute. Wall-E (it stands for Waste Allocation Load ...

An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.

Former NASA roboticist Ayanna Howard rates 11 robots from movies and television for realism. She discusses the accuracy of "Iron Man" (2008), starring Robert Downey Jr.; "Spider-Man 2" (2004 ...