The engineers believe similar robots could be used in the future to assemble small structures, clear clogged arteries or eliminate tumours inside the human body. Engineers in the US have created a ...

A robot crab called “Wavy Dave” has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviours. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw – which they use to attract females by standing outside their ...

A study using a robotic crab has revealed how male fiddler crabs compete for mates. These crustaceans vie for the attention of females. The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings ...

A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow ...

A robot crab has helped scientists understand how male fiddler crabs compete over females. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, and they attract females by standing outside their burrow and ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...