At this point, humanity has a pretty good track record for taking ridiculous science fiction and turning it into science fact. Just scroll through your favorite tech blog and take note of all the ...

LAS VEGAS — Standing silently on the CES floor, a giant Prosthesis exoskeleton is coiled, ready for action. But there's no pilot and, at 14 feet tall and 7,000 pounds, Furrion Robotic's racing mech ...

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...

Many a child grows up dreaming of the day when they can pilot a giant robot (or mech, to be precise), only to discover that, like flying cars and blaster pistols, such a thing remains in the realm of ...

An online fundraising campaign to further develop Prosthesis, the world’s largest four-legged mech, according to the Guinness World Records, has exceeded its goal within 24 hours. The goal was to ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

At last year's CES, a company called Furrion unveiled Prosthesis, a 15-foot tall, 16-foot wide mech. It only stood in one spot during 2017's event, but the firm has now released a video showing that ...

Please note that this is an archival story originally published on Jan. 18, 2019. It is just a giant robot splashing through puddles in an empty, open-air warehouse, with the Stawamus Chief as its ...