Researchers have built a robot cheetah that can outpace its animal counterparts in running efficiency by using light-weight motors and regenerating part of the energy used for walking. A 70-pound ...

Around the world, animal-like robots are being built to help society. Here at OHIO, one student is bringing his own ...

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 ...

Unlike traditional robots that rely on electric motors or mechanical parts, biohybrid robots are powered by living muscle ...

A couple months ago, we were excited about robotic chickens; now, Sega Toys announced that they’re coming out with three new robotic animal types for their highly popular Dream Pet series: a ...

HAYWARD, Calif. (Reuters) - Darting around the pool as a group of swimmers stands in the shallow end, the dolphin looks much like those that jump through hoops and perform acrobatics at theme parks.

A mouse can "understand" human speech! Recently, it was observed at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of Shandong University of Science and Technology that five mice with micro ...

US company BurnBot presented its RX2 robot for wildfire fighting to officials in Nevada County, California. The robot can ...

In recent years, a variety of products have been put to practical use based on the function or form of animals, such as stain resistant wall tiles inspired by snail shells, and Shinkansen train noses ...