This wristband makes you a robot puppeteer

Try to outplay an AI-enabled system at chess or outlast a robot worker operating in rooms filled with radiation and you’d ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Robot Dreams’ raids real-life memories for depth. Its director is new to animation

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...
NPR

A new animated film follows a lonely dog and his robot friend in New York City

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Pablo Berger about his new animated film, "Robot Dreams," about a lonely dog in New York City who buys a robot to keep him company. Sometimes friends have a ...
IndieWire

‘The Wild Robot’ Trailer Sees DreamWorks Channel ‘Bambi’ and Miyazki for Hand-Drawn Aesthetic

Director Chris Sanders tells IndieWire about his 2D-looking sci-fi adventure, in which robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) embraces kindness to survive in the wilderness. Universal premiered the second trailer ...
CNN

‘The Wild Robot’: Director Chris Sanders on the emotional power of hand-drawn animation

‘Nickel Boys’: RaMell Ross on the unconventional camera techniques behind his immersive storytelling ...
Variety

Directors Examine Animated Characters From a Sentient Robot to a Villainous Penguin

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...