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.
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 ...