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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

The author of the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the 51�� Book Club, on how she created her startling protagonist

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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future

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Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future

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Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

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The greatest robot of all time? The cooker on the moon, from A Grand Day Out

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to 51��

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The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 06: A boxing robot makes appearance at the opening ceremony of the 7th Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) Conference on June 6, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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Kickboxing robot shows off its moves at AI conference

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How the new Murderbot TV series made me a reluctant convert

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Caption The ICEPIC sampling tool drilling into the ice at sampling site A of the Matanuska Glacier, AK, field trial. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech

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See the robot that may one day search for life on Jupiter's icy moon

This prototype lander is collecting ice samples here on Earth, in the hope that it might help scientists peek at the ocean underneath Europa's frozen surface

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Housework robots are a step closer as they learn to work in any home

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Could brain-computer interface let us inhabit robot avatars on Mars?

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Bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning flagella to roam underwater

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Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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