Robotics is about more than mechanized pets and anthropomorphized humans. Here are two high-level truths essential to ...

A pet dog sits on command, but nobody expects an insect to follow human instructions. So it may come as a surprise to learn that researchers recently succeeded in controlling cockroaches with tiny ...

Honeybees dance to direct hive mates to new food sources. Guppies negotiate leadership with their schoolmates. Flocks of homing pigeons take evasive action when a falcon attacks. Since the dawn of ...

Ready, set, go! A robot called mCLARI designed by engineers at CU Boulder poses next to a spider. (Credit: Heiko Kabutz) The question may be the 21st century’s version of the fable of the tortoise and ...

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(Nanowerk News) Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains ...

If you say “jump” I say “how high?” – and a new robot from UC Santa Barbara says “over 100 ft (30 m).” The research team says that’s higher than anything else has ever jumped, be it robot or animal, ...

Humans aren't the only game in town when it comes to robotics. In the past few years, researchers have been using animals to control and influence robots. From virtual reality to brain-computer ...

A trial using robotic pets to tackle loneliness in care homes has been launched. West Berkshire Council's adult social care ...

A visualization of Tiktaalik roseae, an extinct aquatic animal with fossils that shed light on the evolution of land animals from marine animals millions of years ago. Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia ...