Give it up for RoboThespian! The programmable bot takes the stage to crack jokes for humans -- and comes across a bit stiff. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, ...

One is 6ft tall, British, good at putting on a show and has tweeted a selfie. He's also been trained to recognise gestures such as a wave, say hello and is used to shaking a lot of hands. The other, ...

Engineered Arts Ltd.'s Robothespian is probably one of the first professional robotic actors who made it into the real world (sorry, T-1000). Its elegant movements, extraordinary body language and ...

They may look more like Wall-E than the raging humanoid robots in 'I, Robot', but these thespian actors are certainly causing a stir. RoboThespian is the creation of Cornish engineer Will Jackson who ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Shakespeare-reciting robot, the world's most merciless alarm clock and "intelligent" cocktail shakers were among the gadgets wowing ...

You don't have to be paranoid to think there are eyes following you around the Cornwall warehouse that is home to Engineered Arts. Indeed, if you were not being watched, there would be something wrong ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Engineered Arts design and production engineer Marcus Hold works on a nearly completed RoboThespian robot in ...

It may look a little like the rebellious humanoid from the movie I Robot, but this robot is not likely to rise up against its makers. Instead this robot, known as RoboThespian, is more of an artist ...

There are two rules of stand-up comedy: You don’t steal other comedians’ jokes, and jokes about dating a MacBook are off-limits. I can’t tell if RoboThespian breaks the first rule, but it sure as ...

Remember your eighth birthday party when the animatronic band at Chuck E. Cheese sang happy birthday just for you? Now you can enjoy this any day of the year with RoboThespian. The complete ...

It sings, acts and even does impersonations. Just don’t ask this robot to vacuum the floor. One of the stars of Cebit 2011 is RoboThespian, an entertainment robot from the U.K. The robot, which drew ...