Are robots like in the movie Real Steel currently possible?

So this is kind of a complex question. Are you talking the autonomous robot Zeus? Or just the basic, remote controlled Atom? Because IN THEORY, yes you could get basic versions of these things. Now, will they be as agile, big, or tough as they are in the movie? Absolutely not. read more

One should take a look on iWalk by Hugh Hurr, Boston Arm / Minsky Arm, Artificial skin from MIT Lab, AI based robot by Andrew Ng which learns how to clean house by looking at you to see how close we are in making a robots, which may not be like real steel but will be able to work on some of the most risky jobs in industry like simpler construction work etc. Robots in home may take a little longer. read more

Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman and a cast of boxing bots, opens today. We asked the experts what the movie gets right about robots, and how close we are to building machines that can fight like those in the film. read more