The job of processing video after a large event must be a thankless one for whichever volunteer upon whose shoulders it falls, and thus it’s not unusual for talks at larger events to end up online ...

To create the huge, boxing robots that do battle in the new Hugh Jackman movie "Real Steel," director Shawn Levy pushed past using only CG to build huge, articulated puppets to play the in-ring ...

A student-designed, autonomous robot named "VeggieButt” took down the competition to win Northwestern’s 27th annual Design Competition. In a feat of speed and agility, VeggieButt bested second-place ...

Could we soon see “Real Steel” or “Pacific Rim” come to life? It sure does at least look somewhat plausible, as MIT researchers have developed HERMES, an advanced robot that is capable of manipulating ...

Reliance Games will launch Real Steel: World Robot Boxing for iOS, Android and Kindle on Oct. 17 — the second entry in its series of games based on the film Reel Steel — studio executive vice ...

Harnessing waste metal through investment in advanced recycling technologies, as well as building adjacent manufacturing facilities like the Banerjee research group proposes, could strengthen domestic ...

Rapid prototyping helped filmmakers quickly build realistic boxing robots for “Real Steel,” a movie from Dreamworks. In the sci-fi world of the hit movie “Real Steel” from Dreamworks, much of the ...

Sam Kriegman, a professor at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, is something of a local celebrity. He can often be found on television shows explaining the wonders of his new invention – ...

Unleash the power of steel in Robot Boxing: Real Fighting Steel Battle! Take on the challenge in Career Mode with 20 action-packed levels or jump into Battle Mode to pick your opponents and dominate ...