Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Modern robotics is awash with human-made machines mimicking the ...

Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, ...

The "Morphobot" will be able to transform to get into inaccessible environments. A real-life transforming robot designed to mimic the movement of animals that roam Planet Earth will eventually change ...

A number of bizarre robotic dogs fitted with hyper-realistic silicone faces of renowned public figures such as Elon Musk, ...

It has been a good long while since I had a nice rant about the rise of robot overlords, so I think I’m entitled to ask this question again: why do scientists keep doing this? What do they have ...

Real guppies respond to Robofish—a 3D-printed plastic model with a vaguely realistic paint job—as if it were a real schoolmate. Researchers used different-sized Robofish to show that guppy schools ...

The GOAT robot can passively roll downhill configured as a sphere to save time and energy. Nature offers countless examples of animals responding to their surroundings with agility and resilience, ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals. Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse fossil ...