When Netflix set out to turn Simon Stålenhag’s graphic‑novel sidekick into a full‑size performer for The Electric State, it didn’t phone a VFX studio—it called UCLA. Professor Dennis Hong’s Robotics ...

How the makers of a new Netflix science fiction movie enhanced the look of the cute, round-headed bot at its center. By Robert Ito Kid Cosmo’s head is enormous, as robot heads go. The primary nonhuman ...

The VFX supervisors deployed untraditional mo-cap with an ensemble team of performers and relied on mechanical ingenuity and expert animation to pull off their kitschy robots. Mo-cap performance ...

The Electric State has shot straight to the top of the most-watched movies list on Netflix after getting a bit of a critical bashing ahead of its release. If you've already seen it, you'll know it ...