Méliès’ film, a minute-long work titled Gugusse and the Automaton, contains what might be the first on-screen depiction of a robot.

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

Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès' 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema’s earliest robot.

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

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 dressed as a clown and ...

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Odds are you’ve seen the now-iconic shot of a rocket running into the eye of the Man in the Moon from George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon, the 1902 French film that is considered the first science ...

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Google has released its first VR Doodle, honouring legendary French film director and illusionist Georges Méliès. The interactive, 360° Doodle, or more accurately, short film, can be viewed on mobile, ...