The protagonist of the movie, “Robots,” Rodney, was born to a working-class family, the son of a dishwasher. He was a firm believer in the saying, “You can shine no matter what you’re made of,” ...

How do you make something mechanical feel alive? That's the challenge facing any movie with computer-generated imagery. And it's a more specific issue for Robots, 20th Century Fox's latest 3-D ...