PITTSBURGH — When Don Hall was working on a robotic character for his Disney animation, "Big Hero 6," he visited NASA and other robotic research centers in search of a huggable robot. Who wants to ...

“The Wild Robot” has a lot to say and its own way of saying it. It’s a big-studio animated feature that has its own look, feel and identity, wrapped around an unusual story with ample humor and plenty ...

Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, ...