The World's First Robot Movie Was Just Discovered (& It Goes Back To 1897)

In history defining science-fiction news, the Library of Congress has uncovered what might be the first robot movie ever made ...

First Film to Depict a Robot Discovered in Michigan

A long-lost silent film that’s believed to be the first depiction of a robot in motion pictures was rediscovered in Michigan. And it’s a great reminder for film history fans that you shouldn’t give up ...

First movie about robots, from 1897, has just been found

Pioneering science fiction filmmaker George Méliès short, "Gugusse and the Automaton," was discovered in Michigan and can now ...

Long-lost silent film depicts first ‘robot’ in cinema

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

Library of Congress finds cinema's previously lost "first robot"

The “plot,” such as it is, is a very short, very slapstick take on The Terminator, as a man’s hubris (turning a crank to make ...