A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation ...

We take a look at the robots modeled after animals, from machines that mimic the look and feel of our companion pets, and the robots that are inspired by them.

The Scottish SPCA is using robots to teach kids how to best care for and show kindness to animals.

Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have unraveled the secrets of navigation in animal brains to build smarter robots.

Festo, a German robotics company, creates robots inspired by animals. Their bionic butterflies fly with grace using tiny motors, cameras, and real-time tracking. Robotic ants work in swarms ...

Robots sometimes navigate tough terrain, but animals can effortlessly overcome obstacles like mud, snow, vegetation, and rubble without thinking twice about what they are doing.

Humans have worked alongside animals for centuries. So why are we so obsessed with comparing robots to ourselves?

Robots that act like rat pups can tell us something about the behavior of both, according to UC Davis researchers. Sanjay Joshi, assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and ...

Gadgets This Robot Performs Amazing Jumps and Flips by Swinging Its Cyber-Penis Around Robotics engineers often imitate nature for their creations, for better or for worse.

To understand why, and quantify how, robots lag behind animals, an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from leading research universities completed a detailed study of various ...